Please tell me that was some heavy sarcasm ? <| sep |> I mean . they would still have to develop and build it . It ' s not going to magically appear out of thin air because Apple dreams it . True , but I would be very surprised if Apple hasn ' t been quietly working on a custom ARM chip for the MacBook line for a while now , even if they never end up using it . They ' ve made huge strides with the iPhone SoC , really knocking it the fuck out of the park , so it ' s not like they lack the inhouse knowledge , and they ' re the kind of company that hates having to rely on thirdparty suppliers especially if it ' s holding them back . Obviously ARM has its tradeoffs , its strengths are well suited for lowpower devices like phones and tablets and not necessarily well suited to a highend laptop , but it would still make sense for Apple to at least explore the option just in case .