> From: Paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Ken Woods wrote: >> >> most people, and I mean most people will draw absolutely no >> separation between Intel and Windows! > > I don't believe this group encompasses Mr and Mrs Joe Average, who buy > many more computers than us enthusiasts.
I agree - I would think Apple won't be labelling future Macs by their processor type (Macintosh P4 or P5 just doesn't seem to have the same ring does it?) but if the average user does notice the CPU inside the box, I would think it would a reassurance to many that the Mac has an intel chip inside making it appear that much more compatible with the *standard*. > It seems to me that this will hurt more in the battle of "mine's bigger > than yours". > > Personally, I embrace the change, it sounds like a Commodore with a > Nissan engine, we bought those didn't we? Indeed at the moment, the G5 with its 64bit architecture and Velocity Engine is arguably still more powerful than the current Pentium systems (particularly on a Gflops per MHz basis or on vector-processing tasks) but by the time the future Pentium chips due in 2007 come out, the performance advantage will definitely be in the intel camp from all accounts with the dual-core Yonah etc. Of course, on the battery-life or performance per watt scale, the Pentium M is already doing a fantastic job compared to the "mother of all thermal challenges" (G5 in a Powerbook) -Mart
