Ok, I understand the CPU and bus is unique to the PPC architecture
and no PC uses this, but. Mac's use PCI, AGP, PC ram, PC video cards,
64 bit PCI slots, SCSI, IDE, SATA, etc. If they are so unique I would
ONLY be able to buy Apple branded products instead of shoving PC
parts into them. Aside form the mobo and CPU everything else in my
BnW right now is from a PC. I guess my definition of unique is
different than others.
If you still want a unique computer go get a Sun workstation, but
then you don't get a convenient OS.
-Mike
Wrong again. Just because you can use *some* PC parts in a Mac means
nothing. Sure the PCI and AGP slot specs are the same, but there's
much more to it than that. If there wasn't, there wouldn't be all
those "flashed-for-Mac" Radeon video cards floating around. Apparently
you haven't been around Macs (or PC's for that matter) long enough, or
you would know that most PCI and AGP cards as well as most optical
drives have something called "firmware" onboard. The firmware is what
the OS/chipset interfaces with when using the hardware in order to do
something with it. If the OS/chipset and the devices firmware can't
"talk" to each other, it don't work. Hard drives are pretty much
"OS-agnostic" these days, as well as RAM, but that's not the case for
most other devices such as the previously mentioned optical drives,
AGP cards, PCI cards, ATA cards, USB/Firewire cards, and more. If the
the device doesn't have the right firmware, or can't be "flashed" for
the right firmware, then it's just not gonna work in a Mac. So, I
guess Macs are more unique in hardware than you think.
JR
Wow, because of your assault on my intelligence and your personal
insults I totally understand! Yes I know about firmware, but firmware
is software. The hardware is still the same. Hence not unique. Thanks
for proving my point :)
-Mike
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