I tihnk the reason apple is witching to the intel is
1. better more stable processor, the motorola chips are godd but the intel are better
2. HEAT, anyone who own a powerbook can tel lyou sometimes those suckers can get hot, they same with the new powermac, the reason they need liquid cooling is casue the chips run so hot
3. because of the heat problem makes me wondier why there has not been a powerbook g5 yet?
4. Apple will never get out of the hardware business, nothing in the retail market can touch an imac g5 with isight bulit in for fuctionality and affordabilty
"ZnU" <znu@fake.invalid> wrote in message news:znu-EB5CF6.11424123052005@individual.net... > In article <8o6dna9EvogdaQzfRVn-2Q@comcast.com>, <cecil> wrote: > > > Wall Street Journal http://online.wsj.com/public/us > > > > Apple Explores Use Of Chips From Intel For Macintosh Line > > > > By DON CLARK and NICK WINGFIELD > > Staff Reporters of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL > > May 23, 2005; Page C1 > > > > Apple Computer Inc. has always blazed its own trail, a tack that has helped > > turn the company into a stock-market darling lately. But a pivotal step > > toward the mainstream could be in the offing. > > > > The computer maker has been in talks that could lead to a decision soon to > > use Intel Corp. chips in its Macintosh computer line, industry executives > > say, a prospect that may shake up the world of computers and software. > > Looking at what Intel and IBM have in the pipe, the idea that Apple > would switch to Intel processors for its computer line is blatantly > absurd. It might have made sense in the dark days of Motorola > stagnation; it makes no sense at all now. In case anyone hasn't noticed, > the movement these days is in the opposite direction -- Microsoft has > picked PPC for its new Xbox. > > Moreover, it's unlikely Apple could make the switch even if they wanted > to. Emulating the PPC is notoriously difficult, and any new system which > couldn't run old software without a recompile would surely be a flop; > there would be no way to orchestrate a smooth transition, and lots of > apps would probably just never make it across at all. > > Assuming Apple and Intel are actually in talks, there are a lot of > possibilities much more likely than Apple adopting Intel chips for the > Mac. Apple could be looking for a chip for a media appliance or wireless > device or some other embedded application, for instance. Maybe they want > to use Intel's XScale processors in a new video iPod or something. > (These processors are based on the ARM architecture, which Apple used in > some Newton models.) > > [snip] > > -- > "This notion that the United States is getting ready to attack Iran is simply > ridiculous. And having said that, all options are on the table." > -- George W. Bush in Brussels, Belgium, Feb. 22, 2005
