Apple to switch Mac to INTEL CPU

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  1. guy_smiley

    guy_smiley New Member

  2. qvatlanta

    qvatlanta New Member

    Well, it's definite. I usually have an opinion on everything, well-founded or not, but this one caught me off-guard -- and as a Mac-head of 20 years standing I just don't know what to think yet!
     
  3. guy_smiley

    guy_smiley New Member

    I wouldn't worry too much about it.

    Apple will probably lose a number of customers though (then again, where will they go?), however it'll gain a new customer base, especially considering all the press Apple is getting over this. And, the ipod accounts for roughly half Apple's income, so they're not putting 100% of their revenue at risk. And, Apple has plans to maintain backward compatibility, however you may have to contend with two different binary versions for popular 3rd party apps. And, by the time the Intel based machines are in full production (earliest is 2007), your current Mac will be out of date and you'll probably be looking to upgrade.

    But, if you owned Apple stock, who knows what's going to happen with that. I'm betting it will rollercoaster for a while.
     
  4. SteveFoerster

    SteveFoerster Resident Gadfly Staff Member

    Attack of the clones?

    Anyone remember when Apple allowed other companies to produce Mac clones, then changed their minds and bought all the clonemakers? Does this mean that OSX may also run on non-Apple machines?

    Darwin, the FreeBSD derived operating system that underlies OSX, already runs on x86 hardware.

    -=Steve=-
     
  5. Mr. Engineer

    Mr. Engineer member

    Better move for Apple. IBM is an archaic company with old designs. They still move like a utility. I hear that Hitachi is looking at their Cottle Road (Silicon Valley) facility. Fishkill probably would have been shut down long ago if it were not for their JDP's with various overseas chipmakers.

    Face it folks, Intel (albeit a cruel and unforgiving company) makes a better product than IBM. If Apple hopes to bring their core product back into greatness, they must adapt and change.
     

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