On Fri, Jan 2, 2009 at 1:25 PM, Dan <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> At 12:43 PM -0500 1/2/2009, Wallace Adrian D'Alessio wrote:
>> > At 11:40 AM -0500 1/2/2009, Wallace Adrian D'Alessio wrote:
>>>>Apple Mac hardware utilizing Intel chips is optimized for Mac OS X.
>>>
>>> The hardware is NOT optimized for Mac OS X. The SOFTWARE is
>>> optimized for the hardware, sortof. Most of the Operating System,
>>> drivers, etc, are written in a generic HOL (higher order language).
>>> 98% of the optimizations come from the HOL compiler (be it C, C++,
>>> Objective C, Java, etc). *Maybe* 2% are from developer choices, to
>>> take advantage of a specific feature of the hardware. That's why
>>> it's so easy to port OS X to different platforms... PowerPC, Intel
>>> Core, ARM,...
>>>
>>>>OS X was originally authored on Intel developer machines long before an
>>>>Intel mac was first sold to an end user.
>>>
>> > OS X was *ported* to Intel, not "authored".
>>
>>So, just that I may understand this assertion in light of the opinion
>>held here by many that Apple computer hardware is the cream of the
>>computer crop comparable to Mercedes Benz automobiles in quality
>
> There's not much in a x86 Mac that's "special". Most of it is
> off-the-shelf parts. The desktops are high-quality (lowest repair
> rate in the industry). The laptops are ... sigh (highest repair rate
> in the industry).
>
>>you are saying Apple did NOT design the motherboard architecture to
>>run OS X as well or better than any other hardware? Say it ain't so
>>Dan!
>
> What could they do to "fit" the system to the OS? Intel controls
> most of it now - they provide most of the chips and specify how
> everything interconnects etc. This isn't the old days, when Apple
> put a bunch of custom chips on the board. Think about it -- when you
> slap WIndoze on an x86 Mac, what doesn't work? Now look at the
> hackintosh projects, running OS X on generic PC hardware FASTER than
> on x86 Macs...
>
Oh , please , please Dan, Don't burst our Mac as Mercedes premium
grade hardware bubble.
{gasp!} that would mean the only thing keeping it from being a (
horrors!) PC is the badge and the OS! Thank god you won't tell me
that a low down PC hardware company like ( aauugghh!) ASUS makes the
motherboards. That would be just TOO much to bear!
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