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> The idea that we could delay tape-out was unthinkable

Apple's insistence on releasing updates/upgrades to everything once a year will inevitably bite them in the ass.

In the past few years they've already started slipping deadlines for software (updates to iOS/MacOS in early fall, some advertised software late in the fall, or next year). It's only time before this happens to hardware.

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I mean they had to delay M2 Max because they couldn't finish it in time for last year's M2 reveal, right?

Their failure, or inability, to release tick/tock updates on Intel, was surely biting them in the ass. How much revenue was lost by not updating the trash-can Mac Pro for six years?

>How much revenue was lost by not updating the trash-can Mac Pro for six years?

My assumption is that the devices that aren't being updated regularly aren't big sellers. If they were then they would get more attention.

There's a difference between regular updates and major yearly releases with unskippable deadlines.

Also, trashcan Mac was Apple's own self-inflicted damage, and nothing to do with Intel.

A lot of the issues with lagging updates to anything that's not iPhones are also precisely because there's no time and non resources to focus on anything but the next release.

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