On Sep 1, 2009, at 10:47 AM, iJohn wrote:
> > On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 1:10 PM, Mac User > #330250<macuser330...@gmx.net> 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. This has been hashed out numerous times on the list, but in a nutshell Apple went to a company whose main business is CPU's for personal computers, not a sideline. Motorola and IBM were both unable or unwilling to provide Apple with the product (64-bit, low power PPC general purpose CPUs) Apple needed for their increasingly important laptop business. By the time Apple finally went to Intel, Apple's laptops were two generations behind; when they released the first Macbooks, these 'low end' laptops posted better benchmarks that Apple's top end G4 laptops did. IBM and Motorola bet that Apple wouldn't or couldn't undertake an architecture change like that. I would have LOVED to have been a fly on the wall at IBM and Moto when the day came that Steve announced a move to Intel and produced a Mac running OS X on an Intel system, full fledged. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
