I'm sorry, I take some of that back. I didn't have a chance to read up on it till now. I could see the move for the very low end products, but for the higher end I don't see them keeping them all ARM. That would cause a strong drop in business(and student for some applications) base.
On Sat, May 7, 2011 at 2:19 PM, Alexander Gomes < alexcomputersolut...@gmail.com> wrote: > Not really. The iPhone is running a stripped down version of OS X. So > they already have it wrote, and would just add back the parts that they > stripped from it. I don't think they will move away from the intel because > they have been starting to used the i7 and i5 cpu's, which is what people > have been after. Not saying those of us who wish they would move back to > the IBM series, but to everyone else. > > > On Sat, May 7, 2011 at 1:50 PM, Matevž Markovič < > ivwcorporation.mat...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> So Apple will just stick to intel on high-performance models, while using >> ARM for everything else? That seems too optimistic to be true... that would >> mean that Apple would have to develop 2 parallel versions of OS X at the >> same time, one for ARM and other for Intel. This actually is nothing new, >> Apple is messing with multiple different architectures at the same time for >> the last 20 years (if not more), so they have vast experiences in that >> field. >> >> Anyway, I would love to see old-new PowerPCs in modern macs, but that is >> not going to happen, I am afraid... As it was said, IBM is past 7th >> generation, but Power architecture is meant for high-performance computing, >> not for laptops and iMacs. Apple has actually the ability to build >> high-performance PowerPCs (from PASemi), but I do not think that they are >> going to use this. >> >> Btw. I thought that SSE3 has everything that Altivec offers. Can you >> explain a little bit more, please? >> >> Matevž >> >> -- >> 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
