Re: [SLUG] Apple shifts to Intel

From: Nicholas Finzer (nfinzer@gmail.com)
Date: Fri Jun 10 2005 - 16:06:26 EDT


>From what people who have used the development kit for the new Intel
macs, they are very fast and very nice to use. From what I read on
some website i've already forgotten, IBM isn't interested in the
desktop market anymore. I mean, they just sold their PC business, and
apple sales are like what, 2 percent of total desktop sales? I read
they are focusing on the embedded and utlra high end side of things,
leaving apple screwed in a few years. Intel, however, has a roadmap
that fits apple very well. The switch could be as simple as that. The
only problem with it for apple is, it might turn them into a software
company, since the hardware will be a comodity if they dont rig it
somehow outside of the cpu. Which is kind of funny, considering
traditionally, software has been their weakest link, atleast IMO.
(Until OS X)

However, what makes the current apples so great is the way everything
just works. It's a combination of apple hardware and apple software
that makes it drive like a mac. things really just are easy and work
well. i don't think changing the cpu will affect this.

It will be interesting to see how this will pan out for the industry
and the consumers. Some people are scared about what it will mean for
Linux, specifically on the desktop, but I think it is too early to
tell. Linux will always have the advantages of free as in speech and
beer, and its strengths on the server end. It's not like LInux on the
desktop is in a wonderful position now in this country, at least as
far as market share goes.

On 6/10/05, Daniel Jarboe <daniel.jarboe@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > DRM sucks.
>
>
> And if history is any indication, it will only be a matter of time before
> there is are workaround. It likely won't be easy, though (solder a
> difficult to come by mod chip, or something similarly out of reach for
> most).
>
> > Apple is making a mistake. PowerPC is wonderful hardware. Apple has
> > always had super quality hardware (except when they didn't, heh). I
> > don't see the kind of quality out of Intel's chips as I have out of IBM.
> > Heat, power consumption, speed, etc etc...IBM's got 'em beat. The only
> > problem is that Apple is caught up in the speed race
>
>
> Pentium-M has changed the landscape for power consumption by Intel. Laptops
> are a growing market, and IBM has no low-power alternatives near as far
> along as Intel. I suspect clock rates have less to do with it than you
> think, and I think IBM missed the bus in this area.
>
> It will be interesting to see if the hardcore Apple users feel it still
> "drives like an Apple" with the hardware changes to come.
>
> ~ Daniel

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