People, you have got me so confused ------ can somebody talk a bit more babytalk, so that I can comprehend a little more? after all, parents, even if they are teaching philosophy at a university don't sing to their children at bedtime Kant's " Kritik der reinen Vernunft" or the Metaphysik of Aristotle. What does the intel chip have that the one in OSX now does't ? Or give me a source where I can read up on chips- and I don't mean the potato kind. Marta On Jun 4, 2005, at 22:46, Bill Holt wrote:
> Personally, I think the so-called experts who are predicting the > change to Intel chips are full of it. As you note, there is a clear > performance disadvantage. However, it would not surprise me to learn > that Apple is finally going to (or is exploring) market the OS to the > Intel crowd. After all, it looks like it's going to be a year or more > until the next time M$ can make it's BS claim to have caught up. The > features that M$ is promising are available now, in OSX. Perhaps the > conversations are about how to key the OS to one machine. > > Frankly, I think this is way overdue and a potential source of more > profit than Apple generates from selling computers. Imagine the > market ... a relatively cheap Intel machine loaded with OSX and > preloaded with open source software sufficient to eliminate the need > for M$ Office. > > Bill Holt > > On Saturday, June 4, 2005, at 09:16 PM, Profile wrote: > >> A question for the more informed of the group. If indeed Apple's >> claims that applications optimized for the 64 bit chip often run the >> program twice as fast as the best Wintel machine, then how will the >> advantages go with Apple if they adopt the same chip as the Windows >> guys? >> >> Apple's own website shows the Photoshop performance to be near double >> the best Windows machines, so does it seem wise to slow your system >> and lose your speed advantage. The Super Computers of Virginia, and >> the Military were chosen not because they had an affinity for Apple, >> rather they saw the potential of the G5 chip. >> >> Is this a wise move for Apple to do, if in fact it is true? Also, if >> true, why would I want to now purchase a new computer with a chip >> that will one day lose support from the software developers? >> >> I for one, don't want to see them become like the dark side. >> >> John R. >> >> >> On Jun 4, 2005, at 6:56 PM, Jerry Yeager wrote: >> >>> On the other hand this is also out: >>> http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1823273,00.asp >>> >>> >>> So you have both sides of the rumors to choose from. It should >>> indeed be an interesting "Stevenote". >>> >>> Jerry >>> >>> On Jun 04, 2005, at 8:28 AM, Ed Wiser wrote: >>> >>>> http://money.excite.com/ht/nw/bus/20050603/hle_bus-n03284709.html >>>> http://news.com.com/Apple+to+ditch+IBM%2C+switch+to+Intel+chips/ >>>> 2100-1006_3-5731398.html?tag=nefd.lede >>>> >>>> Well the Stevenote looks interesting for Monday. Hope the Quicktime >>>> feed can hold up to the strain. >>>> I know I will be sitting at the computer on Monday around 1pm. >>>> >>> ----------------------------------- >>> Someday, I will come up with a clever signature line. I am not sure >>> if I will use it or not, but I will come up with one. >>> >>> >>> >>> | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will >>> | be May 24. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. >>> | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> >>> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> >>> >> >> >> >> | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will >> | be May 24. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. >> | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> >> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> >> > > > > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will > | be May 24. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. > | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> > | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/enriched Size: 3972 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://www.math.louisville.edu/pipermail/macgroup/attachments/20050604/c7669bea/attachment.bin
