[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > << Given that, I can't think of a single reason why Apple wouldn't be begging > to use these new IBM processors. :) >> > > Actually, I can. We know Apple has been keeping OSX ruuning on Intel chips. > We know that OSX is multiprocessor aware. We know OS9 won't be bootable after > this next January. I ask you, just how fast would a Mac be, if it was running > on 2 (I'd like to see at least 4) or more Intel 3.0 Ghz chips. How fast would > it be compared to Windows on ONE 3.0 Ghz Intel chip. Would that squash > FOREVER the rumor of PC's being faster than Macs? (Incidentally, I'm not fond > of Intel, hate MicroShaft and have always liked Motorola)
Um, do you all have ANY clue of the magnitude of headaches, hassles and pain it would be for Apple to suddenly hop to X86 processors? EVERY SINGLE APPLICATION has to be recompiled for a new processor target. This means EVERY SINGLE APPLICATION DEVELOPER has to buy a NEW freakin' Mac or Apple's got to get cross compilers into the hands of every developer, AND keep this all secret, like since WWDC, last MAY! Moreover, this means that developers, distributors and everyone else has to maintain TWO different Mac versions of their software for quite some time...someone who just bought a dual 1.25 GHZ machine is not going to buy another Mac in January. Have the os run on a new chip is barely the beginning of this process. Your mac would run fast as all get out. It also wouldn't RUN much of anything for quite a while. In this economy, it would kill Apple....they've had a hard enough time gettin OS X and associated applications out the door. Remember: back when Steve Jobs announced OSX and the Carbon stuff for people to port their apps to OSX quickly, Adobe enginners were there with a carbonized copy of Adobe Photoshop that they'd done in a weekend. It took what, two and a half years before Photoshop 7 *finally* arrived? Quark is now 'working' on an OSX port. I expect that rather than warmly embracing this change, 90% of the copanies out there would simply drop Mac versions... -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:pci-powermacs@;mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:pci-powermacs-off@;mail.maclaunch.com> For digest mode, email: <mailto:pci-powermacs-digest@;mail.maclaunch.com> Subscription questions: <mailto:listmom@;lowendmac.com> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
