{"id":657483,"date":"2013-05-11T12:00:07","date_gmt":"2013-05-11T16:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gigaom.com\/?p=641607"},"modified":"2013-05-11T12:00:07","modified_gmt":"2013-05-11T16:00:07","slug":"how-apple-could-pull-ahead-in-the-mac-vs-pc-speed-race-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/657483","title":{"rendered":"How Apple could pull ahead in the Mac vs PC speed race again"},"content":{"rendered":"

As computer sales overall have dropped sharply in recent years<\/a>, Apple has put most of its attention on the source of its growth:\u00a0mobile products<\/a>. And its main focus on chips has transitioned to the kind that go inside its smartphones and tablets. Apple has spent a lot of time and money optimizing iPhone and iPad chips<\/a> for speed and battery life.\u00a0It still makes computers, but the focus is mostly on laptops, and making them fast, but also optimizing for weight, display quality and battery life. Meanwhile the company has let its workhorse, the Mac Pro, lapse.<\/p>\n

With what most perceived as a minor update in 2012<\/a>, the Mac Pro had gone two years prior to that before receiving a meaningful upgrade.\u00a0Still, Apple has a loyal following among Mac users looking for power. Apple CEO Tim Cook stated last year that\u00a0Apple is working on “something great”<\/a> in reference to the Mac Pro, and we’re still waiting for that.<\/p>\n

While things are not quite what they used to be, the company does still have a shot at impressing its seemingly forgotten Mac Pro customers by putting the power back into its Macs.<\/p>\n