[CentOS] apple to Intel

Franki franki at htmlfixit.com
Wed Jun 8 09:50:37 UTC 2005


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.



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