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Apple on Intel
ThinkDifferent:
Is it also possible that prices on PPC Macs might drop in the near future to get people to buy the remaining stock?
mosfet:
They'll be even better once the x86 Macs are released. Post release is always the best time to snag previous models. Wait for everyone else to upgrade to new models, and buy their "old" ones.
nihilist:
A is for Apple.
D is for DRM.
Put them together, and what do you get?
Intel!
Sideways:
--- Quote from: Addius ---a kickass rumour I've heard before.. hopefully it's true..
Sideways: The reason is that (as I have understood it) the SPEs in the Cell isn't really a full core.. They can calculate a single set of instruktions überquick but only from a limited amount of instruktions, whereas programing a working OS and a good SMP-protocoll would be near impossible. That's what I've been told and my sources could be wrong but it sounds believably to me.
--- End quote ---
OH!
Hmm... interesting.
The Cell is stated as being able to handle one trillion calculations per second... but I'm unable to find any information showing how many different sets of instructions it can calculate.
*tries to think of an appropos analogy*
So the Cell Processor is kinda like a rollercoaster? It's REALLY fast, and excels at what it does... but what it does is only one thing.
Whereas typical PCs are more like Vespas (in comparison). Not very quick, but a hell of a lot more versatile.
(that analogy sucked)
nihilist:
The Cell will be awesome for processing specific types of math. It will SUCK at AI, physics, and the like. Nurr.
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