On Mon, 2005-06-06 at 20:17 +0800, Rod wrote: > > All I know is that the story was first floated on CNet, which in the > past has been a traditional Mac hater. They love spreading stories > like this one, as it really gets the mac zealots fired up :-) > > And as for Intel making PPC chips, I think they would have to swallow > a lot of pride to do that (or be thrown oodles of cash).
There is another interesting possibility though. Pentium M. It's fast, cool, efficient, and getting cheaper in a hurry. I can see that being a seriously attractive CPU for Apple's lower-end offerings - and they might well be pondering moving the higher end gear to Opteron later. I'm still dubious about the whole thing, but if there's any truth in this jumping ship stuff, I expect Pentium M may be part of it. > My money is on a new digital hub hardware device, much like the > EyeHome device from El Gato. [snip] Me too. Intel's StrongARM is very popular for this sort of thing. -- Craig Ringer
