Intel is at it again, this time attacking its own processors within Macs
Intel attacked Apple in a recent call by comparing Intel chips against … other Intel chips.
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Intel continues on its crusade against Apple. The company already hasseveral ad campaignsattacking Apple, and now it’s focusing on the gaming side of computing. In a recent call withPC Gamer, Intel’s Ryan Shrout talked about the performance of Intel’s 11th Gen H-series laptop processors. During the call, Shrout also specifically discussed Apple hardware (viaiMore).
One of Intel’s main points is a frequent, and accurate, argument against gaming on Macs, the fact that many of thebest PC gamesaren’t available on macOS. Intel shared a slide stating that “over half of today’s most popular games aren’t supported on macOS.”
Intel also shared a slide comparing a 16-inch MacBook Pro with an Intel Core i9-9980HK with an AMD Radeon Pro 5600 and a PC with an Intel Core i5-11400H with an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060.
There are a couple of strange things about this comparison. First, Intel is comparing itself against itself. Even though Apple is moving away from Intel chips, the chart doesn’t compare an Intel-powered device with one running Apple’s M1 chips. Second, the chart compares an older Intel Core i9 with a new Intel Core i5. Those aren’t exactly comparable processors. A comparison between Apple’s most recent MacBook and a recent Intel-powered PC would probably be better.
Shrout also highlighted that many people who purchase a computer for work also game and vice versa.
Regardless of your stance on Apple vs. PC or Apple vs. Intel, it’s unlikely that this is the last shot we’ll see in the battle of big computing brands.
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