On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 3:38 PM, Bruce Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > Still doesn't change the fundamental issues: IBM does not desire > Apple's business sufficiently to provide chips Apple needs; they > cannot or will not produce a version suitable for laptop use.
There's that ... but no one has mentioned the fact that IBM is not just a supplier of PowerPC chips, but also a consumer. Unless things have changed drastically since I left, the PowerPC is the CPU in a number of IBM products. I'm sure part of the reason Apple switched to Intel is because Intel is only interested in selling chips and will work to ensure Apple gets a certain amount of preference. IBM is happy to have someone to sell "extra" capacity chips to, but if there's ever a crunch in availability guess who's going to get priority in delivery? There's also the fact that by switching to Intel CPU's Apple enabled folks who need to run a Windows app for one reason or another to do so on a Mac. This is yet another way to nibble away at MS dominance of the market. If you look for the one single reason why Apple switched I think you'll always come up empty. This is particularly true if you adopt the POV of a customer rather than a maker of computers. While the Intel mobile chips for laptops was probably a major reason, I think it was probably also a host of other little reasons. None of them would be compelling enough on their own to motivate a switch. But when they were all added up, it was apparently compelling enough to convince Steve J. -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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
