The news has me considering buying an Intel Macbook, just because it'll probably hold its value pretty well. MacOS still doesn't grab me as the most intuitive and useful OS out there but because you can run Linux and Windows on them (I think Windows is compatible with the latest?), they're still decent hardware.
Apple, being a company with basically infinite cash, just has to be sure to hire the right people to guide hardware development. Jim Keller just resigned from Intel and it's obvious to me it's because Apple gave him an offer that was hard to refuse.
The shift to ARM CPUs is great news for the development of microprocessors. Competition is healthy. We've seen what happens when Intel has little, multiple times: products stagnate.
RE: Apple just fired Intel, what does it mean for the future?