On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 1:10 PM, Mac User #330250<[email protected]> wrote: > I guess Apple is going the Intel-only path because for Apple this means that > people will _have to_ buy a new Mac.
Of course, I don't actually know anything about why Apple went with Intel CPUs. But IMO it had little to do with "forcing" people to buy new Mac hardware. Apple appears to be very pragmatic when it comes to their hardware these days. They probably have two things in mind: (1) driving towards reducing their production costs and (2) getting hardware that meets their requirements (whatever those happen to be). I expect they went with Intel CPUs because they decided they were never going to get the same combination of availability, cost, & performance from PPC processors that they could get from Intel. But they are also clearly not locked into Intel products per se. Just look at how "quickly" Apple abandoned the Intel internal graphics chipsets for NVIDIA's, ostensibly because NVIDIA's solutions provide much better performance. >From a corporate/business point of view, switching CPUs is one big drawn out furshluggin' pain in the posterior. I think Apple would only have done it after debating the pros & cons and deciding going with Intel would definitely result in the most benefit for the company's products in the longer term. -irrational john --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
