This is looking less like idle speculation and more like a credible strategy for Apple's future:
> Apple Computer is looking toward a 64-bit future for the Mac -- > courtesy of PowerPC partner IBM. > > According to sources, IBM Microelectronics, a division of IBM, is > working with Apple on a 64-bit PowerPC processor for use in the > latter's high-end desktops and servers. > > Sources said Apple is testing the CPU, dubbed the GigaProcessor > Ultralite (GPUL) on Mac OS X-based hardware at its Cupertino, Calif., > headquarters, and making sure that the processor complies with a new > bus architecture on tap for future Macs. More: <http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,543317,00.asp> Again, if a move like this is truly in the works, it would explain why upcoming Mac hardware will be unable to boot OS 9. - Darcy ----- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Boston MA _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
