Author: Andreas Guettinger
Date: 08:36:16 06/05/05
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On June 05, 2005 at 11:01:37, Sally Weltrop wrote: >On June 05, 2005 at 09:22:34, Murat wrote: > >> >> >>if this happens, apple will become nothing more then a x86 pc clone. >> >>it is most likely that next operating system form apple will run on any intel or >>amd based computer. >> >>this will bring apple hardware to an end. in a few years they will become a >>software only company. trying to compete with microsoft in OS market. >> >>good luck to them but it is a sad day for apple fans like myself. > >I am not an apple user but you do have a point here and it makes complete sense. >Apple's move seems kind of screwed up to me UNLESS maybe people will buy them >for their compactness & such which is one thing they sure have over all other >computers, Intel & AMD. > >For the life of me as well I can not understand why Jobs would go with Intel >when it is a well established fact AMD chips have more power! >> >> >>Murat ... You forget that Mac OS X currently is a hybrid 32 bit/64 bit OS. Major parts were rewritten to take advantage of 64 bit, where less processor intensiv parts are still 32 bit and will gain nothing from 64 bit. That is no problem, because the G5 PPC64 runs both 32 bit and 64 bit code. I don't know of any Intel chip that would run such an operating system. Going back to 32bit after spending lots of money to go to 64 bit would ruin any company. The Itanium to my knowledge runs only 64 bit. So if these rumors would be true (and currently there is nothing more than rumors),we would speak about an Intel produced PowerPC (Apple owns some rights on these chips together with IBM) or a completley new chipset, that Intel secretly developped. regards Andy PS: Apart from CPU chips, the deal with Intel could also be about some completely different type of chips. I e Apple already uses some AMD chips for its Airpot extreme wireless stations.
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