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sorry, didn't realize that was posted already.
Heres the Keynote news though...
http://www.amdforums.com/forumdisplay.php?forumid=26
No apple dealings...
Heres the Keynote news though...
http://www.amdforums.com/forumdisplay.php?forumid=26
No apple dealings...
Where was the hype? Everyone was saying they were going to announce the Mac x86 or something like that, but after reading the article, Apple was not even mentioned in his speech. Who knows maybe Apple is actually going to go with the PowerPC 970 next year and are helping spread rumors like the AMD one, just to keep us all off base, who knows, they must know about places like this.
The way everyone sounded on here I was almost sure this was the big deal and just like that poof Apple was going to be an x86 PC. Who knows, maybe the PowerPC will live on...
The way everyone sounded on here I was almost sure this was the big deal and just like that poof Apple was going to be an x86 PC. Who knows, maybe the PowerPC will live on...
You guys are really naive!!
What did you expect??Apple announcing that they are switching to AMD??If they announce anything like that,then they will do that in January.
What did you expect??Apple announcing that they are switching to AMD??If they announce anything like that,then they will do that in January.
yeesh
Apple teaming up with AMD? I never thought that would happen....although it would be shocking and interesting and what not.
BUT - I was anxious to hear some "earth-shattering" news from AMD about *something.*
Keynotes are such a letdown. And Ruiz probably didn't even wear a black mock turtleneck.
Apple teaming up with AMD? I never thought that would happen....although it would be shocking and interesting and what not.
BUT - I was anxious to hear some "earth-shattering" news from AMD about *something.*
Keynotes are such a letdown. And Ruiz probably didn't even wear a black mock turtleneck.
So what. we will hopefully have a 64bit PPC chip in our computers by the end of next year. It will hopefully be faster (almost guarenteed) and have altivec or similar (almost guarenteed).
Macs dont need to have all that speed because our copmany puts the extra money we spend in hardware, into developing great software that isnt anywhere near as bloated as MS windblows. For that matter, a brand new install of linux by an idiot (mandrake) is also bloated.
If people would calm down and think rationally it would help. Apple may use AMDs in there computers. It would most likeley be a PPC chip much like the 970.
If AMD could supply it cheaper than it would probably go in the lower end machines with less speed.
This means everyone wins - Apple gets a good processor supplier; AMD gets another customer; Consumers get cheaper macs (hopefully)
what does everyone think about this outlook if apple started to use AMD chips??
Macs dont need to have all that speed because our copmany puts the extra money we spend in hardware, into developing great software that isnt anywhere near as bloated as MS windblows. For that matter, a brand new install of linux by an idiot (mandrake) is also bloated.
If people would calm down and think rationally it would help. Apple may use AMDs in there computers. It would most likeley be a PPC chip much like the 970.
If AMD could supply it cheaper than it would probably go in the lower end machines with less speed.
This means everyone wins - Apple gets a good processor supplier; AMD gets another customer; Consumers get cheaper macs (hopefully)
what does everyone think about this outlook if apple started to use AMD chips??
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: AMD vs Microsoft
You're talking the high end market, which is at most 10% of the market. Most servers are file servers or simple internal servers for businesses. ANd yes MS makes money of them. The problem is that the 5% that is high end, ie IRIX, AIX, Solaris, and HP-UX, makes 80% of the money in the server market. When you need to do a big job you go that way. Plus that's the area linux is hurting most because you can get solid linux servers for 5 -15k and cluster them.
Still not as stable/powerful as the big boxes.
Blah Blah Blah.
I don't forsee apple going back to CISC chips anytime soon anyway, especially with everyone going RISC.
You're talking the high end market, which is at most 10% of the market. Most servers are file servers or simple internal servers for businesses. ANd yes MS makes money of them. The problem is that the 5% that is high end, ie IRIX, AIX, Solaris, and HP-UX, makes 80% of the money in the server market. When you need to do a big job you go that way. Plus that's the area linux is hurting most because you can get solid linux servers for 5 -15k and cluster them.
Still not as stable/powerful as the big boxes.
Blah Blah Blah.
I don't forsee apple going back to CISC chips anytime soon anyway, especially with everyone going RISC.
AMD and Apple....
I kinda thought it would be strange for AMD to make the announcement of APPLE switching to AMD rather than APPLE making the announcement. (I really dont think that this will take place anytime soon).
BUT WHERE WAS THE SHOCKING NEWS?
It was all blah, blah, blah, refocus...customer.....64 bit.....oooohhh.....aaaahhhhhh...blah, blah, blah
Nothing that we didnt already know!!!!
Geeeeze!!!
I kinda thought it would be strange for AMD to make the announcement of APPLE switching to AMD rather than APPLE making the announcement. (I really dont think that this will take place anytime soon).
BUT WHERE WAS THE SHOCKING NEWS?
It was all blah, blah, blah, refocus...customer.....64 bit.....oooohhh.....aaaahhhhhh...blah, blah, blah
Nothing that we didnt already know!!!!
Geeeeze!!!