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JimH:
Since "Silicon" is what any CPU is made of, what should we call the new builds?  Intel and Apple?  or Intel and ARM?

wer:
The same sort of nomenclature multi-platform OS's use:

Windows on Intel
Windows on ARM
MacOS on Intel
MacOS on ARM
Etc etc

Or MC for Intel-based Macs, for MC for ARM-based Macs if you don't want to mention the OS.

zybex:
This being Apple, you could call it an ARM and a Leg  ;D

Don't they support fat binaries?

Awesome Donkey:
Why not keep it simple and straightforward for macOS; Intel and Apple Silicon, since everybody at this point should surely know what both are, that's their official names and it clearly identifies both.

JimH:

--- Quote from: Awesome Donkey on December 16, 2020, 03:32:10 am ---Why not keep it simple and straightforward for macOS; Intel and Apple Silicon, since everybody at this point should surely know what both are, that's their official names and it clearly identifies both.

--- End quote ---
Why not Intel Silicon and Apple Silicon, then?  I think it's wrong for Apple to claim "Silicon" as their mark.  It's an ARM processor, just as Intel's processors are Intel processors.

Just Apple or Apple ARM seem most appropriate.

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