On Oct 10, 2009, at 3:12 AM, Mac User #330250 wrote:
>> At 9:20 PM +0200 10/9/2009, Mac User #330250 wrote: >> Notice what Apple did: First they went to Intel-x86. Then they >> bought PA Semi. > > I never really understood what that was good for. Maybe just to > remove a good > CPU completely from the market? P.A.Semi CPUs aren't being used in any > embedded devices, are they? Apple bought PA Semi for the human talent and patents for small device CPU's such as would be used in the iPhone, not a specific product line, but from what I've read it was mainly for the brains of the company. I'd be quite surprised if Apple moved off Intel for any desktop or laptop Macs; heck, Intel makes Core 2 Quads that are a drop- in replacement for any Core 2 Duo (which is how I anticipate upgrading my old Core Duo iMac at work); getting to the point where they can be made cheaply enough to stick in consumer systems, say an iMac, plus an OS that uses multiprocessing a lot more, such as, say 10.6 :-) -- Bruce Johnson U of Az College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions don't 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 [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
