It could be done now.. use pearPC.. It should smoke with those processors..
-----Original Message----- From: Amanda Ward [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2005 8:36 AM To: G-List Subject: Re: [G] Tis true: Apple moving to Intel I dunno, this whole Apple/Intel thing just seems wrong! Still... The only real bitch I've had about wintel machines is the freakin' =win= part. I'd truly love to see OS X stretch its legs on a dual Xeon 3.6GHz box!!! Amanda (7 Macs, 4 peecees and a Sparc Ultra) > -----Original Message----- > From: G-List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Indiana John > Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2005 1:10 AM > To: G-List > Subject: Re: [G] Tis true: Apple moving to Intel > > Justin The Cynical wrote: > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > >> IMO, Apple has just blown off half of their "uniqueness". So they're > >> actually going to have to advertize the other half (aka Mac OS X) > >> heavily. *gasp* Apple advertizing. What a concept! :\ > >> > >> [*] This is Jobs' fault. Sure Apple's sales are good, but they could > >> have been magnitudes better if they'd just bothered to advertize. > > > > > > No kidding. I remember a friend of mine when he worked for Apple on > > their CS group some time ago. A bit of news came down the pipe that > > Apple had fired their advertisement company (the company was buying > > space in Apple magazines, not the 'generic' computer publications. > > Preaching to the choir, as it were). > > > > The common response to this news was "We had an advertising company?" > > > Agreed! All you ever see is ads for iPods, and iTunes. I haven't seen TV > ads for anything else since the G5 first came out. If you didn't know > better you would wonder if Apple was still in the computer business! > Personally, it will be a cold day in hell before I buy an Intel-powered > Mac. I never liked Intel. Even back when I was in the Windozes world I > ran AMD only. My lone remaining PC (home-built) is running a 1.2 Ghz > Athlon (and Mandrake 10.1 Linux). Maybe that will be my future OS of > choice. After all, it's Unix based too......... > > JR > > -- > This sig contains no political, religious, or commercial content > whatsoever. -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:g-list@mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:g-list@mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
