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Think we will ever see OS X on an AMD system?

You gotta be kidding right? AMD is finished as far as processor market is concerned. Intel is the way to go for performance, AMD is just budget.
 
phyrexia said:
agreed.

Lion on PPC, heh. Imagine how slow that would be.
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Um-m-m, no--not necessarily. If you think that PPC is a 300 MHz PowerPC 604, then I will concede the point. However, it is not 1997 anymore. When Apple abandoned the PowerPC, its primary processor was the PowerPC 970. The PPC 970 aka G5, was a single-chip implementation of the POWER4 chip set. The POWER5 was IBM extant version of the POWER architecture. That was six years ago. Today, IBM's extant version of the POWER chip set is the POWER7. The fastest POWER7 systems have clock speeds of 5 GHz and 64 cores in 32 chips.

Without question, Apple's switch to Intel has been a success beyond everyone's wildest expectations. The switch played a significant role in Apple's rise to be the richest corporation on Earth. I am one of those people who take it as an article of faith that Apple has builds for several non-Intel ISAs running in its labs.

Not sticking with Intel for its iOS devices certainly has not hurt Apple. I have no expectation that Apple will return to PowerPC. However, a Mac Pro running a single-chip implementation of POWER7 or its successor(s) would be absolutely awesome.
 
MisterMe said:
Um-m-m, no--not necessarily. If you think that PPC is a 300 MHz PowerPC 604, then I will concede the point. However, it is not 1997 anymore. When Apple abandoned the PowerPC, its primary processor was the PowerPC 970. The PPC 970 aka G5, was a single-chip implementation of the POWER4 chip set. The POWER5 was IBM extant version of the POWER architecture. That was six years ago. Today, IBM's extant version of the POWER chip set is the POWER7. The fastest POWER7 systems have clock speeds of 5 GHz and 64 cores in 32 chips.

Without question, Apple's switch to Intel has been a success beyond everyone's wildest expectations. The switch played a significant role in Apple's rise to be the richest corporation on Earth. I am one of those people who take it as an article of faith that Apple has builds for several non-Intel ISAs running in its labs.

Not sticking with Intel for its iOS devices certainly has not hurt Apple. I have no expectation that Apple will return to PowerPC. However, a Mac Pro running a single-chip implementation of POWER7 or its successor(s) would be absolutely awesome.
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I kid, I kid. ;) I realize now I didn't add any sort of indication to that effect. I am really thinking of my only recent experience with PowerPCs, my dual-2.0 G5. The PowerMac felt fast, and was the fastest computer I'd owned, until I bought my MBP last year. :p I think another architecture becoming commonplace would be very interesting but it would take quite an event for Apple to switch again.

Heh, imagine...deep inside Apple R&D...Lion running on PS3s... ;)
 
SRLMJ23 said:
AMD's quad core cpu's are very powerful, here's a link to a video to show you AMD's new quad core cpu's vs. Intel's latest Quad Cores: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qD3ScERWx5I
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We already have, just not legally:
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