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fragmede 11 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Apple M5 chip

In the case of Microsoft and Intel, they were. Vertical integration is Apples claim to fame, but apparently, it has its limits.

pjmlp 11 months ago [–]

Not really, vertical integration was the way of the computing world, CP/M on 8 bit clones and MS-DOS on IBM PC clones were the exception.

Naturally Apple as the survivor from all that were not IBM-PC, appears to be the one with vertical integration approach.

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