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Apple on Intel
mosfet:
i personally am looking forward to the P-M cpus myself. I just really hope Intel doesn't hack the dual-core for those like they did the P-4. same with the 64bit part.
Intel could be doing things a lot better if they focussed more on the technology, and less on the marketing. Spend the little extra time to do something properly, instead of rushing out a hack to get it to market now.
(I wish my company would do this too.) :(
nihilist:
The only reason the Pentium D exists is because they sank a lot of cash into the NetBurst architecture, and are trying to keep it running for as long as they can. I know the dual-core Pentium M is not a hack; if you check the Reg or Inq you'll find information about it. I wouldn't be surprised if the Pentium M replaces the Pentium D at some point in time.
And yes, there will be no AMD. There's a reason that Apple is partnering with Intel. Oh, and they want to replace Microsoft. Bwahaha.
badassmonkeykid:
heh, the pentium m is an amazing piece of hardware:
http://www.tomshardware.com/cpu/20050525/index.html
it smoked everybody's top of the line back in may, and its a friggin mobile unit, granted it was overclocked, but still, its a beauty of a processor.
thermodynamics:
so we'll finally see a beautiful piece of machinery that actually has an intel under the hood? i never thought i'd see the day... well, shit, i knew i'd see the day, but i thought apple would hold of longer. of course, if i had a pentium m dangled in front of my nose and it was a great solution to an every growing product line problem (aka no powerbook updates in what seems ages), i would bite. who wouldn't in a situation like that? its sad to see AMD get boxed out of the industry... i love them personally. i've had a g4 powerbook (briefly), a p4 laptop and a AMD laptop (im building an AMD desktop as we speak)... you get more bang for your buck...
i guess capitalism sorta killed apple's seperatism (to a certain degree), and, in turn, fucked AMD over. the next few years should be interesting!
mosfet:
there has been a lot of comments that the move to Intel has not entirely ruled out AMD. They could go intel for a few years then switch to AMD. It'd be a lot easier to go intel to AMD.
Personally I'd like to see P-M in mobile and AMD in desktop. But definately a good move for the Powerbook line.
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