This might be off-topic but fits with this response: John,
You are only partially correct here. If you mean that AMD is CURRENTLY consistently behind Intel you would be correct, however AMD has in the past be ahead of Intel: 1) In 2006 AMD was the first to release a fully 64-bit processor 2) In this processor the AMD Athlon X2 64 AMD was ahead both in architechture and speed of dual core processors. 3) AMD was the 1st to implement TRUE dual core processors. I would have to agree that currently AMD falls behind Intel, however price perspective speaking they are a lot cheaper and probably aproach a better price:performance ratio than Intel. Honestly, in the short time I've been really into Macs again (almost a year) from what I've seen a Macintosh with an AMD Processor would still walk all over any Intel based PC. Heck I think my G4 walks over my PC, plus there would be a lower price point to boot. If Apple were to sink the $$ into AMD that they are currently sinking into Intel I believe AMD would be stronger financially and would probably be ahead of Intel in production than Intel. Albert On Apr 2, 10:44 am, John Musbach <johnmusba...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 4/2/10, James Therrault <jetas...@netzero.com> wrote: > > > JT > > > (Who still wishes that Apple would have selected (or bought) AMD) > > uh why? AMD is consistently behind intel and has had financial > troubles. Intel constantly leads in x86 technology and has had a > stable financial record. Selecting AMD instead of intel wouldve put > macs behind their competing pc counterparts in capability and speed, > but perhaps that's your goal? > > -- > Best Regards, > > John Musbach -- 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 To unsubscribe, reply using "remove me" as the subject.
