Comments on: Apple Mac to be powered by Intel Processors?

By: Lappy

Lappy — Sun, 05 Jun 2005 10:06:01 +0000

“Apple wonÃ¢ï¿½ï¿½t get mad about this article since it was Apple who made the announcement. ItÃ¢ï¿½ï¿½s official.”

This is simply not true, Apple have not, I repeat have not announced that it would switch to intel processors.

There are 10,000+ programs for Mac OS X. Do you people realise the man power required to convert all of these?

Yes in some cases it wouldn’t be “that” complicated, but there would be many problems overall, and many expenses for things like support, boxes, distribution… etc. If you add all these you get astronomical amounts of energy, time and human resources needed to achieve that.

Developers wouldn’t port OS X x86 versions of their apps on an OS that is just a reboot away from Windows.

This is just one of the reasons why it cannot happen.

Stop thinking that Apple uses PowerPCs just to be different or because they were lured into thinking that it was a better technology. Until we get major shifts in the way computing is done (quantum and photonics computing), its the only way for Apple to survive as an OS and computer vendor.

By: Barney

Barney — Sun, 05 Jun 2005 02:46:49 +0000

Who says Apple will be using x86 CPUs?

The story is about Intel supplying CPUs to Apple. Don’t forget that Intel are CPU manufacturers, and could just as easily supply PPC CPUs – just as IBM did when Apple had an agreement with Motorola to supply PPC.

Motorola couldn’t supply CPUs properly and severely embarrassed Stevey (remember the 500MHz G4 debacle?). Next thing you know IBM were in the loop (for G4 CPUs – IBM were already supplying G3s). Now Stevey’s embarrassed again by IBM saying they’d be at 3GHz a year ago. I say Apple are now looking at another manufacturer who CAN supply.

Personally I would have backed AMD for this, but hey, what do I know?

By: helmut schonwalder

helmut schonwalder — Sat, 04 Jun 2005 20:25:05 +0000

Apple’s switching to Intel would be an excellent choice. According to Intel “Intels Pentium D (a dual core processors) will be in use in most new motherboards sold for PC in 2006.”
Using the Pentium D, Apple could become more reasonable priced without loss of quality.

By: John

John — Sat, 04 Jun 2005 19:46:04 +0000

Apple won’t get mad about this article since it was Apple who made the announcement. It’s official.
I think Intel is a good move for two reasons. First is that this clearly opens the door for OS X to run on any PC, and could potentially allow Apple to sink their teeth into the Windows marketshare. Second is that it would seem (based on comments made by Intel) that Intel truely appreciates Apple and their products, and have been wanting to supply their hardware for some time. This is something that IBM has neglected to express.

By: Cory

Cory — Sat, 04 Jun 2005 19:16:05 +0000

I just hope there are no blueman group/apple ads.

By: Phil

Phil — Sat, 04 Jun 2005 19:06:08 +0000

Yourself and CNet should watch out. Apple has sued over similar journalistic efforts to pre-announce their announcements. Just like kids getting mad over who gets to break the news… Lame.

By: Kyle

Kyle — Sat, 04 Jun 2005 18:56:53 +0000

INTEL BLOWS. SHOULDA WENT W/ AMD.

By: adam

adam — Sat, 04 Jun 2005 18:25:52 +0000

It’s about time. I’ve been waiting for this to happen!