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Apple on Intel
ThinkDifferent:
--- Quote from: Druid ---I count OS X as being as one of his dumb things.
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O...kay... I'm going to bow out of that discussion.
--- Quote from: Druid ---Hopefully they will have the foresight to use the PM rather then the P4.
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This I can agree heartily with.
Matteh99:
--- Quote from: mosfet ---I'd love to see a dual-proc dual-core Opteron PowerMac.
The whole Intel thing I'm really sad about. Intel dual core chips are such a technical jerry-rig, not to mention the P4's issues. Apple really should have gone for the AMD line or possibly a modified Pentium-M with SSE2 (which I guess could still happen).
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I am not to thrilled about the current p4 chips. They do seem to be getting whooped on by AMD. However, apple isn't switching to today's intel chips they are switching to intel's 2006-2007 chips. The P4 was introduced in late 2000 if I remember right. That was a long time ago. Ok they have done quite a few updates but it is my understanding that it is the same basic design. So in 2006-2007 it wouldn't be out of line to think that intel will have some new and kick ass chip.
Eric
mosfet:
yeah. I posted that one before the nice dual-core SSE3 P-M link.
Add some 64bit and its good to go!
est:
dual-core desktop-targetted dothan processors with SSE3 will fucking rule. after looking at benchmarks of 2ghz P-M's beating 3ghz P4s using less power this is what i have been expecting Intel to do/attempt.
unless there is something else here that i'm unaware of, this should actually push Intel ahead in the power-per-mhz stakes, shouldn't it?
--- Quote from: also, in Anandtech's second Apple->Intel article Anand ---Why not AMD? Much of Apple's success is due to marketing and branding, not necessarily technological leadership. That should sound a lot like Intel these days, whose processors essentially lag behind AMD in terms of technology, but outsell AMD by huge margins, thanks to strong marketing and branding. The Intel brand is much stronger than AMD's, and that is the sort of partner that Apple is interested in.
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SeanBateman:
You have gots to explain how OSX can possibly be considered a dumb thing
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