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Really switching to Intel!!??
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iMeowbot said:
Right, the fibrechannel controller, isn't it? Or is it the RAID controller. I'm not really sure of which, but the point is that it's not a CPU, just an important IC. I'm still betting heavily on WiMax or 802.11pre-n.
scu said:
Anytime someone really wants you to buy stock, it makes you wonder if they're selling it...
I wouldn't buy Apple stock based on this rumor. It's just a rumor. And, as many have noted, there could be significant downsides depending on how it works out in real life.
Yay, Apple might make everyone recompile their apps to get them working on a new architecture, so is going to make their developers upset, and might turn its back on HyperTransport... let's all buy stock!
Right.
MacTruck said:
This post seems a tad uninformed. Would you say that Apple doesn't make iPods either because I think a few stock market analysts who have seen the profits rolling in would disagree with you. Just because fabrication and assembly takes place in another country with another company doesn't mean Apple's not the hardware maker reaping all the profits.
What about Altavec?? Some of the 'core' features of the Mac are tied to the Power architecture...
I just got done reading 10 pages of this thread and I began when it was at 14, now it is at 16 pages, basically my post will be lost.
In anycase.. I want to go on record and say that if Apple switches over to Intel, the platform I ran away from then I will put my Mac on ebay on Tuesday. No offense, but I am not about to have this Mac be useless 2-3 years from now if they are switching to a different processor. I'd rather put it on ebay now before the entire market realises that Apple is making the switch. If I were to wait then 5-6 months from now my Mac would be half the price, like a true Intel PC.
I still wonder what in the world Apple will do in meantime. It would be crazy for anyone to invest in a Mac knowing their CPU is about to be swapped by a whole different one. This isn't just a difference of G4 & G5, this is a whole different platform. Which is suprising since Apple hates giving out information about new product as they are scared people wont buy if they know something new is coming soon. That is why they don't post roadmaps and release dates in advance and now they are posting one for two years from now, seems fishy.
However if the news is true.. My Mac is going on ebay whether I love the machine or not but I don't want money in a platform that wont exist 2 years from now.
In anycase.. I want to go on record and say that if Apple switches over to Intel, the platform I ran away from then I will put my Mac on ebay on Tuesday. No offense, but I am not about to have this Mac be useless 2-3 years from now if they are switching to a different processor. I'd rather put it on ebay now before the entire market realises that Apple is making the switch. If I were to wait then 5-6 months from now my Mac would be half the price, like a true Intel PC.
I still wonder what in the world Apple will do in meantime. It would be crazy for anyone to invest in a Mac knowing their CPU is about to be swapped by a whole different one. This isn't just a difference of G4 & G5, this is a whole different platform. Which is suprising since Apple hates giving out information about new product as they are scared people wont buy if they know something new is coming soon. That is why they don't post roadmaps and release dates in advance and now they are posting one for two years from now, seems fishy.
However if the news is true.. My Mac is going on ebay whether I love the machine or not but I don't want money in a platform that wont exist 2 years from now.
yvovandoorn said:
if intel made a PPC chip for apple it would not be much of a transition at all. mabey thats what this could be. i thnk its probly nothing though, just a bunch of crap
GeeYouEye said:
It's not on TS, but then again, C-Net is also not a rumor site in the sense of all the Mac rumor sites.
And they're not using terms like "rumored" and "some signs." They're pretty confident. And they're featuring the report fairly prominently.
I can't call this one personally--C-Net could be wrong, and unless it means Intel PPC, I hope they ARE wrong. But C-Net being wrong is far from obvious.
And THIS is a site for Mac speculation/discussion
Mr Maui said:WINDOWS break ...
APPLES sometimes get old ... sometimes even rot ...
BUT ....
Just when you think they are dead ...
And you bury them ...
Up they sprout ... new and refreshed ... and produce more than before.
i am not sure what you are smoking but can i have some
yvovandoorn said:
I saw it
I have to disagree, though - your machine won't stop doing what you bought it to do if Apple announces it's going in a different direction. At some point you might not be able to upgrade the software any more, but still, everything you can do today you should be able to do next Tuesday.
greenstork said:
Fabrication and assembly by another company. Yeah like I said, apple doesn't make the hardware. They design it, they DON'T make it. Next.
iMeowbot said:
haha gotta love monty python
the diodes dont enter into it! the chip is stone dead!
but yes, much mixed feelings on this intel business
although really all i want is a PB update soon enough for college... which is in another 2 months... then hopefully i wont need another comp. for another 4 years... anything after august is too late for me
monday isnt coming quick enough
Mr Maui said:WINDOWS break ...
APPLES sometimes get old ... sometimes even rot ...
BUT ....
Just when you think they are dead ...
And you bury them ...
Up they sprout ... new and refreshed ... and produce more than before.
My G-d, we've resorted to Haiku. Someone needs to save this forum!!
For those citing volume as a reason IBM doesn't "care" about Apple that is total bunk. Remember, Apple shares the cost of development with IBM. IBM benefits from this alliance because Apple helps them develop the PPC by lowering both the cost of development and by increasing the number of chips IBM can potentially sell. Additionally, remember, one more customer IBM has is one more customer Intel doesn't have.
Panoctopi said:
He he he. Know who is on the Apple Board of Directors? McCarthy's Son Joseph McCarthy along with Al Gore. Starting to make sense now huh? LOL.
yvovandoorn said:
Uh, okay...have fun on Windows or Linux.
People won't abandon ship - they didn't last time, did they? OSX was in beta for years - did that stop people from buying macs knowing their OS was going to be outdated. The transition from OS9 to OSX was a much greater transition than this.
For the end user, they won't even know if an IBM or Intel is under the hood. They'll just have to think about if the new piece of software they want works on 10.5 only or 10.5 and earlier, the same way they have to do right now with 10.4 and everything before it.
All this talk about "I don't want my money in a platform that won't exist 2 years from now" doesn't make a bit of sense - did we not jump from a g4 to g5? g3 to g4? Moto to IBM? OS9 to OSX? And what about the terrifying USB leap? There isn't a single change here for the end user that's any different than a standard processor or OS upgrade. Apple will make it seamless.
Your Mac will not explode the day Intel Macs come out.