*Apple was throwing away those chips because they were iPhone garbage, but now the cheap laptop is a big hit
@bruces au contraire, the semiconductor industry has been feeding unappealing microproduce to livestock for centuries https://www.macworld.com/article/3107278/apple-binned-chips-iphone-ipad-mac.html
tossing in a few (hobbled) higher-quality chips to meet commodity device demand is part of the scheme
@bruces Could it be they quit the low-end model to reposition the remaining one and make a new higher end with an un-binned chip?
Not that I think it would be smart product management, but if they start the run again many will be full functioning chips…