This is why competition is always a must, when Apple released the M1 series, the entire tech industry basically shitting on Intel, and spell the death of x86. Make no mistake, Arm-based chips are leading years ahead for efficiency and performance per watt. Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Elite X and Microsoft already signed the exclusive deal to sell Arm-based laptop running Windows, coming in 2024. Nvidia and AMD also announced Arm-based PC chips to market in 2025.
On the GPU front, Nvidia basically abandoned the former customers (gamers) that put the company into a trillion dollar company, Jensen Huang now focus on server and AI chip market now that selling 1000x times the MSRP a piece. Just look at the RTX 4000 series pricing and the VRAM for entry and mid-tier cards. Intel Arc and AMD Radeon are decades behind Nvidia in terms of software API, the CUDA ecosystem is the one that allowed Nvidia to basically monopolize the AI field and its customers.
The only way to put a shame on Apple is the Laptop OEM manufacturers ship their entry level laptop and mini desktop computer equipped with Snapdragon Elite X chip with baseline 16GB, and $50 to upgrade to 32GB, same with SSD. If they really want to retain and re-capture the market share from Dracula Tim Cook before bleeding out much like the Nokia. I am curious if a class-action suit can be brought against Apple in the memory and SSD pricing debacles.