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Apple With Specific Plans for P.A. Semi

DaBrain said:
That's not a bad idea! Much better than Micro Sloth Genuine Advantage. ;)
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What do you mean? It's a horrible idea. At least with Microsofts "Genuine Advantage" it was still possible to run Windows on hardware you already owned. If Mac OS X only ran on computers that had the special chip inside then it would not run on any current Mac as none of the current Macs have that yet to be built chip

Could you imagine the uproar and revolt that would happen if 10.6 would only run on new Macs sold after 10.6 was released? Apple would not be so stupid. After all they will want to sell as many coopies of 10.6 as possable and I'm sure they will need to suport even the old G4 and G5 Macs too.
 
ChrisA said:
If Mac OS X only ran on computers that had the special chip inside then it would not run on any current Mac as none of the current Macs have that yet to be built chip

Could you imagine the uproar and revolt that would happen if 10.6 would only run on new Macs sold after 10.6 was released? Apple would not be so stupid. After all they will want to sell as many coopies of 10.6 as possable and I'm sure they will need to suport even the old G4 and G5 Macs too.
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You're not looking far enough into the future. Steve Jobs kept a project running OSX on Intel in secret for over 5 years before making the change from PPC. He certainly has the next 10-15 years mapped out.

10.5 runs on all current macs, even PPC. 10.6 *may* run on PPC or not. 10.7 certainly will be Intel only.

Macs sold with 10.6 (or even 10.7) may have the activation chip, but it will not be required. 10.6 will run on all macs, with or without the chip. When 10.7 or 10.8 comes around, it may require the chip.

By that point, all current macs from 10.6 onwards will already have the chip.

That's only if Jobs intends to go down the chip activation route, which I personally don't think he does. Desktop computers are a dying breed. Will they still be around in large numbers in 10 years time? The money is in laptops, ipod, iphone etc.
 
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On the same theory they may already have a couple of plan B built in to the hardware. So that current Intel based hardware can move forward regardless.

Or (and back on topic) they follow Steve Jobs all purpose contingency plan.
"innovate through downturn/problem/....."

Apple's advantage is they have control of both hardware and the software to drive it they don't have to wait (like microsoft) for new hardware to mature fully they can in some ways support a moving target, and incorporate new ideas as they to market.

So PA Semi buy up could be about putting their hardware on the leading edge, knowing they have now made the software hardware agnostic and ready to adapt to what the future is willing to throw at it.
 
wordmunger said:
The bad news: Your company has been acquired
The bad news: You now have the pickiest, crankiest boss on the planet
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Your company been acquired is not necessarily a bad thing, you don't know the detail of the deal (or do you? :D)

You could also think of his Steveness as been the most future looking boss in the world, capable of producing products that not only impact UI, design, but even pop culture. His might not be the courtliest person on the planet, but heck you could learn alot from the man IMHO.

JM
 
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