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Apple on Intel
Mnementh:
--- Quote ---After Jobs' presentation, Apple Senior Vice President Phil Schiller addressed the issue of running Windows on Macs, saying there are no plans to sell or support Windows on an Intel-based Mac. "That doesn't preclude someone from running it on a Mac. They probably will," he said. "We won't do anything to preclude that
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ElRodente:
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So why isn't it practical for this to be in a PC?
Please edumacate me.
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sony are being a bit dumb, it's hardly practical for use in a console, with the whole multithreading thing in there, and that's writing for a basic purpose, a game that has a set storyline whatever.. i.e the developers know EXACTLY what any player will do, with a stable modern OS it'd be practically impossible to code for
happybirthdaygelatin:
Disapointed. No wait, relieved at no hot apple on intel action.
Man, bein' pedantic over the world series is tired and old as stand up comedy about the quality of airplane movies/and/or/food and television diners.
Doesn't matter to me what chips are in a computer. A computer is a computer is a duck, or something.
mosfet:
For some of us, the chip matters, but i think for some its brand love/hate.
Intel cludged their dual core technology, AMD did it correctly.
Intel also marketted their P4 for raw Ghz numbers instead of actual performance. Going Intel is sort of a way of Apple saying they're going for low cost at expense of proper technology and quality. Intel did do the Pentium-M correctly, and with SSE2 it could be an even better chip.
Its like going for an Audi versus a VW. Some people might not care, but one will be faster, perform better, and have better quality and reliability.
But like I said, and like you say. for some it matters not, for some it does.
From a purely technical standpoint, I see it as a move down for Apple.
Unless..... unless, Intel creates a new chip, or bases it off the P-M, then I'll be happy. I'm just kind of dissapointed because it feels like a purely "marketting over quality" move to me.
but thats just my opinion.
ThinkDifferent:
OK, so it's likely that someone will soon hack Windows to run on an Intel-based Mac. We'd just better hope to God the reverse (OS X on PCs) doesn't happen, for Apple's sake.
To answer my own, earlier question (which model line will go over first), I'm going with the iMac. It was the first New Age Mac, and has consistently been a big seller.
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