Intel has rejected the idea of an ARM-based MacBook anytime soon. The debate about whether an ARM-based MacBook could arrive sooner rather than later has again arisen, this time courtesy of a Japanese rumor site, which claims that Apple has been testing an A5-equipped MacBook Air. However, according to CNET, Intel believes that Apple will stick with Intel for at least the short to medium term. Intel’s marketing chief Tom Kilroy had this to say on the matter: “We’re very closely aligned with Apple. We’ve got our best design teams working with their best design teams. And we’re quite comfortable we’ve got good collaboration going forward.” CNET also spoke to Anand Shimpi who runs Anandtech who concurred with Tom Kilroy’s perspective. However, he believes that it is likely that Apple would be, at … Read entire article »