Maynard Handley (name99.delete@this.name99.org) on November 22, 2020 10:12 am wrote:
> David Hess (davidwhess.delete@this.gmail.com) on November 21, 2020 7:43 pm wrote:
> > NaNon (uh-huh.delete@this.gmail.com) on November 21, 2020 3:01 am wrote:
> > >
> > > Well, a strong CPU and a strong GPU might make for a compelling games console?
> > > Roll that in with Apple TV, subscription this, that and the other all sitting
> > > under the family TV. Then add VR/AR into the mix for extra cash.
> > >
> > > Seems to me there are some potentially large markets beyond pure
> > > mobile could have a fair bit of potential growth for Apple.
> >
> > Those markets do not require more CPU than Apple now has.
>
> I think the first time we started hearing some version of that was when Apple launched the A6...
>

"There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home."

Ken Olsen in 1977

I would be very wary of making such predictions given the number of such gaffes over the year about no need for extra computing power!