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Intel is Apple's abusive GF and Apple just started meeting the cool and intelligent new girl from work.

Yeah, pretty remarkable to see Intel behaving this way with a _current_ customer. I would’ve thought that would be off-putting for other current and potential Intel customers. I don’t have an MBA though, so what do I know.

I'm sure the existing contracts are being fulfilled, but as soon as Apple announced they were transitioning their product line away from Intel they became competitors.

Or is Intel the patient partner that was there in times of need, even though Apple outburst are childish and irrational and usually flirts with every new girl to hurt Intel feelings?

*Actual Apple ad from the 90s

https://i1.wp.com/lowendmac.com/wp-content/uploads/pentium-s...

What do you mean by the flirting? Apple has been Intel's client since for the last 15 years with no exceptions (on the Mac side).

I don't enjoy this kind of marketing, but for some reason the snail ad feels a lot more tongue-in-cheek than the serious corporate-hate-infused materials that Intel is releasing now.

Was it true at that time that Apple's offering was faster than the Intel-snail? Because if it wasn't, I'd certainly look at it differently.

> Apple has been Intel's client since for the last 15 years with no exceptions (on the Mac side).

There was a time when they didn't

> the snail ad feels a lot more tongue-in-cheek than the serious corporate-hate-infused materials that Intel is releasing now

Pentium II is the fastest processor in the World

... Not quite!

The chip inside every new Power Macintosh G3 is up to twice as fast

(it wasn't true... or, it was true that Altivec was "up to" twice as fast than MMX on some selected workloads, but the chip itself wasn't)

https://lowendmac.com/2006/twice-as-fast-did-apple-lie-or-ju...

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