>> Since they killed ppc and put profit above quality, > > Oh puleeeze. Look at the service history of the G5 iMac versus even the > first-gen Intel one, it's no contest.
Hang on. I do have first-generation 17" iMac G5. It works well. Worked for 7 years, in 24/7 mode. > As for the dumb "PPC is better" argument, that, too doesn't hold up. "PPC is better" is obviously incorrect. Better than that? The correct statement is "PPC is different". > As I noted, nether Motorola or IBM were able or interested in producing > high-performance, low power CPU's for the laptop market, or anything for > Apple, actually. Apple neither. They just wanted Microsoft® Windows® support on desktop and notebook market, as many and many users requested it. Native Windows® support. I also have a cool^Wgreat link for you: http://arstechnica.com/old/content/2005/10/5486.ars > I am confident that Apple would be nowhere near where they are today, if they > existed AT ALL, without their switch to Intel, and the odds on the 'no longer > existing at all' were by far the better ones. Without switching to Intel at least in servers (Xserve) and hi-end desktop systems (Mac Pro), Apple would have been acting much more nicely to the Mac community, to the PowerPC community, to the "Think different" community. -- 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
