At 5:09 PM -0700 10/9/2009, Bruce Johnson wrote: >On Oct 9, 2009, at 4:53 PM, Richard Gerome wrote: > > I know I mentioned this before about the Intel Chips is because > > when Apple created the G5 it ran way too hot to run in laptop so he >> (Steve Jobs) went to Intel for help and they made the Core Dual... >> And when he contracted them they had to agree not to make PC's with >> the ability to run OS 10 Tiger and Lep only Apple... I'm pretty sure >> this is how it was and is still today??? I call it sleeping with the >> enemy... CoolKat > >Wow! Not one assertion in this post is true.
/me feeds a few treats to the cat and pulls his fingers back just in time. >Apple did not create the G5. This was an IBM design and manufacture. Well, technically IBM created the PowerPC 970 series. Then Apple decided us users were too stoopid to understand said part number, so they dubbed it "G5". - 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
