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"Apple may drop Intel chips from Mac computers, in favor of chips similar to the ones used in the iPad and iPhone, sources say.\nAccording to a Bloomberg report, Apple's engineers think its own chips will one day be powerful enough to run laptop and desktop computers, but this change likely won't happen in the next few years. \nApple's 2005 switch from PowerPC processors to Intel x86 processors was one of the most surprising moves that year, as the Cupertino, Calif. company has long maintained that PowerPC processors are better than Intel's. \nBut it's currently tablets and smartphones, which use tiny, low-power chips, that are dictating where the industry is heading. Apple is known for releasing very thin, light laptops \u2014 such as the MacBook Air and the latest Retina-equipped 13'' MacBook Pro \u2014 which would benefit from such chips. \nSwitching to another chip manufacturer would be a huge blow for Intel, which is struggling to capture some of the smartphone and tablet market with its own line of low-power chips, called Atom."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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