> (snip) Well you are right that AMD does not do PPC CPUs you could not be more > wrong about the switch to Intel being a smart move. They only did it > to boost lagging laptop sales because they were stuck with the G4 > because the G5 ran too hot to stick it in a laptop and they were > loosing clock speed marketing war because the G4 was pushed pretty > much to it's limit. The thing is Motorola/IBM did deliver on a PPC > solution that had a low energy power footprint drastically lower then > anything Intel had and that Blew even the top G5s out of the water but > it came a few months too late because Apple in their impatience jumped > too soon and ended up with a mediocre solution all because they could > not push back a release date on new laptops. (snip) The switch to Intel was a smart move because it enabled the Macs to dual boot Windoze and in turn it brought in a lot of sales. Also, I like the Intel CPUs because even the weakest ones were faster than the G5s. My 13" MBP has waaaaaaaay better benchmarks than the last Powermac G5. On Oct 24, 2010, at 11:26 AM, Daniel Stewart wrote:
> Well you are right that AMD does not do PPC CPUs you could not be more > wrong about the switch to Intel being a smart move. They only did it > to boost lagging laptop sales because they were stuck with the G4 > because the G5 ran too hot to stick it in a laptop and they were > loosing clock speed marketing war because the G4 was pushed pretty > much to it's limit. The thing is Motorola/IBM did deliver on a PPC > solution that had a low energy power footprint drastically lower then > anything Intel had and that Blew even the top G5s out of the water but > it came a few months too late because Apple in their impatience jumped > too soon and ended up with a mediocre solution all because they could > not push back a release date on new laptops. > > On Sun, Oct 24, 2010 at 11:47 AM, <schaf...@comcast.net> wrote: >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "James Therrault" <jetas...@netzero.com> >> To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com >> Sent: Sunday, October 24, 2010 4:07:20 AM >> Subject: Re: Apple inside? >> >> >> On Oct 24, 2010, at 1:26 AM, Dan wrote: >> >> >>> I'm thinking by next summer/fall, Apple will be offering A4 >>> "portables" and Core i7 and i9 "desktops". OS X and iOS merged >>> (Lion being the first step), and able to run on either ARM or x86. >>> yum. >> >> Interesting, but I still think that Apple dropped the ball with >> regard to option to power sucking G5 chips for laptops. Neither IBM >> or Motorola could do it but maybe a special arrangement with other >> Intel competitors to work on a low power PPC such as AMD could have >> proven fruitful. Power technology is now way up there with regards to >> clock speed supporting multiple cores. >> >> Just my 2ยข worth... >> >> JT >> >> (Curses on Comcast for not setting the "quote" function.) 8^P >> >> AMD does not do PPC. Apple's decision to do Intel, particularly for >> laptops, was sound. It let them compete with "PCs". >> >> It was because Motorola could not deliver a low-energy, powerful footprint. >> Intel is undeniably better at that! >> >> As a G4/G5 participant, I lament the loss of g4/g5 technology, but I >> understand the move to Intel. >> >> Moving to an Apple-produced processor also is intriguing. Let the good >> times roll... >> >> - Peter >> >> >> >> >> -- >> 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 >> > > -- > 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 -- 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
