How Microsoft built its MacBook Pro competitor
Microsoft also wanted to go head-to-head with the MacBook Pro, but existing chips weren’t capable enough. “We knew that was not going to reach MacBook Pro-level compute.”Around that time, Nvidia began privately showing off what its forthcoming chips could handle when it came to AI, and Microsoft jumped at the possibilities. “It literally made a ton of sense for us in terms of how to go and compete with the MacBook Pro,” Ostrum says.
- ▪Microsoft also wanted to go head-to-head with the MacBook Pro, but existing chips weren’t capable enough.
- ▪“We knew that was not going to reach MacBook Pro-level compute.”Around that time, Nvidia began privately showing off what its forthcoming chips could handle when it came to AI, and Microsoft jumped at the possibilities.
- ▪“It literally made a ton of sense for us in terms of how to go and compete with the MacBook Pro,” Ostrum says.
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