its high time that a off-topic list be added for people to discuss non-technical issues. those who are interested will subscribe to it.
Quoting Karanbir Singh Mail-Lists@karan.org:
Franki wrote:
Feizhou wrote:
William Warren wrote:
I am wondering what the list's opinion is on the Apple to Intel switch. This is going to put a slick desktop that runs on top of BSD directly into the mainstream. What does this hold for Linux in general, Linux on the desktop..and microsoft.
Somebody I know (not Apple related) gave me this opinion.
Apple -> Intel could be because Apple has the IP to PPC and since IBM don't want to play, Apple will just find another manufacturer. Intel make sense because AMD does not have capacity.
Just AMD's existance is enough to ensure that Intel play ball. How long do you suppose it would take for Apple to play the AMD ball to get price discounts? If Apple runs on x86, then it would require very little work to get OSX happy on AMD as well, particularly the new ones that have SSE3 and dual core. With IBM apple knew they had no real barganing position, that is not the case with Intel.
This conversation is pretty much off-topic here, I tried to make that point with my last post in a more subtle way ... didnt work :)
Please take it elsewhere,
Thanks,
- K
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