On Mon, 6 Jun 2005 19:58:17 -0700 "dr7zyq" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The "rumor" was started by Steve Job's announcement, and, as I > understand it, has to do with the fact that Intel is leading the > industry in low power cpu's, allowing maximum time between charges on > laptop computers This is the part that shocks me. When did Intel take the x86 from the biggest power hog in the industry to the low power range? Last I saw, PPC was better by a factor of 3, and Transmeta and ARM were light years ahead of everyone. (Granted, the last two have different architectures and are not in the same league speedwise.) I also don't get why anyone but a very tiny minority need a laptop faster than a G4. In fact, all of the Intel laptops I looked at recently that had reasonably battery life (>5 hours) were all in the 1-MHz range. That would indicate that, even with Intel, you have to give up some processing power to get long battery life. Oh well, I guess -- being the geek I am -- I just get frustrated when the better technology (PPC) loses. It's funny, though, that Apple -- who represents this position in the commercial OS area -- would be involved this time. And a last point: Seems to me that both NeXT and SGI made similar moves and it didn't work out well for either. Big gamble. Big gamble. -M -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Vintage Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[email protected]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/vintage.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
