Woz criticizing the intel move...

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In an interview with Toronto's Globe & Mail, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, while praising the iPod's success, criticizes Apple's decision to move to Intel-based Macs. "It's like consorting with the enemy," says Wozniak in the interview. "We've had this long history of saying the enemy is the big black-hatted guys, and they kind of represent evil. We are different, and by being different we're better," he says. "All of a sudden we're the same in this hardware regard, so it's a little hard to swallow your words from the past." Wozniak also feels Apple should consider spinning off the iPod into a separate division.

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Note: That's a classy photo of the Woz and what he uses some of his money on...

 

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Still, the switch to Intel is a necessary one from an engineering standpoint, he said, because Apple needed a way to improve performance per watt. Mr. Wozniak would have liked Apple to continue using Motorola processors, but "Intel just did a very good logic design."

Engineering related considerations aside, he still seems reluctant about joining the Intel camp. "If it wasn't needed, I would say we shouldn't do it. And I still have some questions as to how much it's needed."

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Considering the state of Apple's G4 laptops I think the switch to a company that could provide a viable mobile proc was very much needed.


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