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Are the rank titles gonna change now that Apple has moved to Intel?

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Jan 23, 2005
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't the rankings (like 6502, 601, etc.) part of this PowerPC name thing, and the numbers are names for the processors?

If so, shouldn't there be NEW member names, like P4M or CM or Centrino, etc. but in number form?

Just wondering...
 
601 is the first ranking that is a PowerPC (and, AFAIK, the first PPC in a Mac)...the rankings are the historical sequence of chips that Apples used, but it actually stops well short of anything used by Apple today, let alone when Intel comes in, FWIW. At least, assuming there aren't hidden titles beyond 601. ;)
 
dotdotdot said:
Correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't the rankings (like 6502, 601, etc.) part of this PowerPC name thing, and the numbers are names for the processors?

If so, shouldn't there be NEW member names, like P4M or CM or Centrino, etc. but in number form?

Just wondering...
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It's been answered already... but the 6502 was the processor used in the Apple I. so, the names are historical.

arn
 
arn said:
It's been answered already... but the 6502 was the processor used in the Apple I. so, the names are historical.

arn
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I thought the numbers were just random.... o well i guess you learn something new every day!!! :eek:
 
arn said:
It's been answered already... but the 6502 was the processor used in the Apple I. so, the names are historical.

arn
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That is very interesting, I always wondered about the actual meaning of the rank numbers. Historical means a lot of sense. ;)
 
themacman said:
could someone please explain to me the whole name thing. I am a regular what would be next
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Newbie = 0 - 29 posts
Member => 30 posts
Regular => 100 posts
6502 => 500 posts (with avatar)
65816 => 1000 posts
65832 => 1500 posts
68000 => 1505 posts
68010 => 2000 posts
68020 => 2005 posts
68030 => 2500 posts
etc....

Demi-gods/godesses and contributors have paid a subscription and their ranking is reflected as such.
 
WinterMute said:
Newbie = 0 - 29 posts
Member => 30 posts
Regular => 100 posts
6502 => 500 posts (with avatar)
65816 => 1000 posts
65832 => 1500 posts
68000 => 1505 posts
68010 => 2000 posts
68020 => 2005 posts
68030 => 2500 posts
etc....

Demi-gods/godesses and contributors have paid a subscription and their ranking is reflected as such.
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Interesting..i had no idea...only another year till i hit memeber status it seems. Thanks for the info.

edit...how ironic...this post made me a member i think...
 
A little OT but had to ask... which Mac used the 68010 processor? I can't recall..

the 128k,512k,Plus and SE used the 68000, the Mac II that came out at the same time as the SE had a 68020 ... the Apple III had some modified 6502 on it IIRC

Either my memory is starting to play tricks on me or there was no Apple computer with a 68010 chip on it?

I know I could look this up, but I'd rather be enlightened by fellow Macrumor users
 
IIRC the 68010 was a development chip that would have made it into a revised Plus except the 68020 came along and they scrapped the whole thing. it's been about a decade since i read that book so i might be wrong..
 
No, I had a 68010 machine, but it wasn't a Mac. BTW, can I stop being a "demi-god"? I thought that was supposed to expire after a year anyway. I'd like to have a processor ranking :cool:
 
yeah, one of my friends had one in his amiga, was always gloating it was faster than my 68000 :mad:,

and thats the one thing that annoys me about contributing, i want to keep my processor rating god damn it
 
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