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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