At 9:20 PM +0200 10/9/2009, Mac User #330250 wrote: > >When I see the CPU speeds of recent POWER chips (not PowerPC, but the G5 >derived from the POWER4+) it is very hard for me to believe, that the PowerPC >developement wasn't able to compete with Intels /all-so-fast/ x86 chips.
The switch was more about laptops than desktops. There were plenty of faster-than choices to replace the G5 in desktops. (sigh. I'd love to have a Mac based on a set of the latest Power chips). But Moto/Freescale never managed to crank out a G5-class processor for laptops. AND Apple didn't represent more than a drop in the bucket of the PowerPC market, so it wasn't likely they'd get any actual action on IBM/Moto/Freescale's lip service. So what was Apple to do? At the time there were only two players left - Intel and AMD. Notice what Apple did: First they went to Intel-x86. Then they bought PA Semi. >Now with 10.6 Snow Leopard - and PowerPC support gone for good "gone for good". By whoze information do you believe that? We've seen that the Snow Leopard build released by Apple is Intel-x86 only. And we've been hammered with all sorts of PR, and news articles based on said PR. But that's not clear information. Do you honestly believe that Apple is so stupid they'd just suddenly ditch all that ppc code? We know there's a build for ARM. And don't forget that "revelation" - that OS X was running on x86 all along, as a backup for PowerPC issues. Apple has a *proven* track record of keeping their options open. What are the options, if Intel drops the ball? AMD-x86. POWER. ARM. ... - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
