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Apple on Intel
-sam:
--- Quote from: BlueCoatKarma ---So Apple makes hardware...
If people could run OSX on PCs, I think a lot would. In fact, I think there are some large companies (i.e. Dell) who might jump on the chance to ship OSX instead of Windows on their budget machines or workstations (possibly not, there's a lot of industry-specific programs that would have to be written for OSX.) Apple might improve its profit margins if it stops producing all its own hardware and concentrates on shipping more software.
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Wrong, profit margins on hardware far excede the margins for software. Apple is a hardware company and OS X exists to sell hardware.
--- Quote from: mosfet ---My guess is that powerbooks may take a bit to be seen in the x86 format, although it is just a guess.
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My guess is that you'll see x86 Powerbooks first. The area where Apple is really lagging technologically is in the laptop market -- x86 based machines are eating G4's lunch. Plus the laptop line still hasn't transitioned to 64 bit yet so Apple can slap one of those dual-core Pentium-M's into a Powerbook not have it look like they're regressing in terms of processor bitness. My bet is that the PowerMac line will be the last to get x86 in '07 when the 64 bit Pentium-M's are scheduled to be released, and Steve is going to show off a shiny new Powerbook x86 at MacWorld SF this January.
Buying a Powerbook now you should be in decent shape for the future. The typical life expectency of an Apple computer is around five years and Apple has historically been pretty good about supporting any machine that falls into that time frame.
-sam
mosfet:
Good call on the Powerbooks. I was going on the idea that the new Macs would wait for 64bit, but I wasn't thinking about a straight transition of the G4 based macs, meaning eMac, Powerbook, and iBook, would come before PowerMac and iMac.
I can definately see that move, so I retract my statement and jump on yours! :)
Maybe now we'll see that iTablet soon! or even better an Apple two button mouse! of course that last ones just a dream. :P
-sam:
--- Quote from: mosfet ---Maybe now we'll see that iTablet soon! or even better an Apple two button mouse! of course that last ones just a dream. :P
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Two button mice are overrated, that's what the control key is for. :)
The above statement reads better if you ignore the fact that I use logitech trackballs with my macs. ;)
-sam
c1utch:
haha two buttons?
try 10 buttons. This is why logitech makes a great mouse
mosfet:
I finally found the Cell article.
The Cell is basically a Power CPU with extra dedicated SIMD units attached.
http://www.research.ibm.com/cell/
I like the lightness of my Razor mouse, but the buttons are badly placed. Its hard to get to the left 2, and hard to get to one of the ones on the right.
Its light weight and 1600dpi is great for games tho! Too bad its Windows only :(
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