Sad news for mac people
 

Its official, Apple has now decided not to "think diffrent" anymore. They have now changed to use intels X86 line of processors...

Whay do you think, i would love if they kept their processors...

Re: Sad news for mac people
 

Hello,

I am curious to see where you read this.

I actually see it as a good thing. I wonder if there will be more Windows people moving to the Apple OS on top of Intel hardware.

I know that Apple has had some problems getting chips out of IBM / Motorola. Sadly, Motorola is more into cell phones instead of chip manufacturing.

I really think this is a good thing.

Christian

Re: Sad news for mac people
 

ya i misread, there changing from ibm's chips to intels. i read this from avantgo on my pda. Try cnet.com for this

Re: Sad news for mac people
 

Ultimately, it won't make a difference. You'll still have to buy a Mac to run OS X. It'll just happen to have an Intel processor chugging away inside. ANd you're right Christian, Apple was sick and tired of IBM/Mot. not being able to 1) produce chips in a timely fashion, and 2) produce the speed necessary to keep the chips current/cutting edge. And with the heat/power consumption issues, it was inevitable that Apple would try someone else.. But Intel.. As long as I don't have a damned "Intel Inside" sticker on my Mac.. :eek:

Re: Sad news for mac people
 

I thought the keynote presentation was very interesting. The fact that as Steve Jobs was demonstrating various components of the Dashboard and the new iTunes it turns out that he was using a Pentium 4 3.6Ghz box all along.

I think I will consider buying an Intel Mac when they're more widely available (and when more Universal binaries are out there). If it's capable of running Windows or Linux then I can get a machine that gives me the widest choice available. Mac, Windows or Linux software. All on one machine.

As for the 64-bitness of the G5 and moving to Intel, it'll just mean that Apple will start to use Intel's EMT64 technology found on the Xeon and Pentium D/4 Extreme Edition chips.

M.

Re: Sad news for mac people
 

Supposedly Intel has dropped a hint of it's new line of chips. All 64-bit.

http://theinquirer.net/?article=23055

Take it for what it's worth(less?).

Re: Sad news for mac people
 

Power is one reason, but the primary motivation has been the continued failure of IBM to produce adequate processors for laptop configurations. If you can't produce a competitive laptop, you can't compete in today's computer marketplace ;)

Re: Sad news for mac people
 

Hi,

On a second round here, I also wonder about chips in quantity. Seems like when you want to order a Mac or an iPod, you have to wait for it. That is bad business. When I am ready for a new computer, and have the funds set, I want it in a week.

Christian

Re: Sad news for mac people
 

Yeah, I've heard the supply is a lot better than it was there for a while, which is good for Apple. I think switching is a great idea from Apple's position. I really like my 12" powerbook and it's great now, but I won't want another G4 when it's time to trade it in :) The way it sounds the desktops would practically be on G6's before the powerbooks moved to the G5 lol!

Even if the future macs can't dual-boot windows; emulation could be a lot faster right?

Re: Sad news for mac people
 

I think supply is part of the reason Apple went with INtel over AMD.

Angeldoc: You should probably start a new thread with your problem, but anyway, can yo drag & drop when logged in as another user? Create one if you don't have one.