Apple to use AMD Processors.....eventually.....maybe.....

[mmmcheese]

*News Flash* Hector Ruiz speculates *News Flash*

http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=34536

AMD says Apple will use its chips

Eventually

By INQUIRER staff: Thursday 21 September 2006, 11:32

THE CEO of AMD, Hector Ruiz, said that Apple will eventually use its processors as well as Intel's in its PCs.
Ruiz speaking at a dinner in San Francisco, and reported by bloomberg.net, told the audience that Apple wouldn't want to be a hostage to Intel, like other firms had been.

He also berated Intel for slowing growth in the PC industry by making customers battle on price alone.

But the PC industry is far from mature, because only 16 per cent of the world has internet access, so there's a lot of room for growth.

An Intel "monopoly" and the "Inside" campaign had made its brand be associated with PCs and eroded margins. But that no longer needed to be the case.

 

[suneohair]

He was blowing stem. Apple is not in talks with AMD, he just assumes they will want to get in bed with everyone.

AMD in Apple is not going to happen. Period.

 

[mmmcheese]

He was blowing stem. Apple is not in talks with AMD, he just assumes they will want to get in bed with everyone.

AMD in Apple is not going to happen. Period.

I wouldn't say never....but it won't be happening any time soon. Look at how many times he said this before Dell actually started using AMD...3 or 4 years at least.

But hey...it was posted, and this is a rumour site...so I figured why not post it? It's a good laugh if nothing else.