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wow. it's true. Apple is moving to Intel. The only thing that really bugs me about this is that they're not going with AMD. Oh well. The other question, though, is: are they using x86, or Itanium? They did show the demo on a Pentium 4, so I guess it's x86. If this is so, does it mean we will be able to use AMD? Or are they going to somehow lock in Intel on their systems with some hardware tom-foolery? Knowing Apple, they will. Which sucks. But again, if it's the hardware that makes them the money, of course they're going to do that.
They're plan is good, at least. They've been planning this for a long time, and have, apparently, an easy conversion path for developers. And it sounds like they have a program called "Rosetta" which sounds like it may be based off of that other software I posted about yesterday.
I wonder if the current-gen consoles really had a big part to do with this. Considering IBM and their domination of that market, and lack of ability (or desire) to produce the 3 ghz chips for Apple... Is it partially due to the game consoles?
I'm just so curious. I honestly don't see a problem with official Macs and people building their own. If you like the style and prestige, you'll still by a Mac, if not, you could DIY... (assuming, again, that that's an option)
I know macheads are pissed about it. I'm not a machead (though I prefer OSX over windows, generally), so I think it's an interesting move. Smartest? Who knows. I like it, but we'll see how things turn out in the long run.
wow.
They're plan is good, at least. They've been planning this for a long time, and have, apparently, an easy conversion path for developers. And it sounds like they have a program called "Rosetta" which sounds like it may be based off of that other software I posted about yesterday.
I wonder if the current-gen consoles really had a big part to do with this. Considering IBM and their domination of that market, and lack of ability (or desire) to produce the 3 ghz chips for Apple... Is it partially due to the game consoles?
I'm just so curious. I honestly don't see a problem with official Macs and people building their own. If you like the style and prestige, you'll still by a Mac, if not, you could DIY... (assuming, again, that that's an option)
I know macheads are pissed about it. I'm not a machead (though I prefer OSX over windows, generally), so I think it's an interesting move. Smartest? Who knows. I like it, but we'll see how things turn out in the long run.
wow.
