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Apple to switch to Intel chips: WSJ
Reuters ^
Posted on 06/05/2005 8:19:18 PM PDT by chronic_loser
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Apple Computer Inc. (Nasdaq:AAPL - news) is expected to announce Monday that it will begin shifting its Macintosh computer line next year to Intel Corp. chips, the Wall Street Journal reported on its Web site on Sunday, citing people familiar with the situation.
TOPICS: Computers/Internet
KEYWORDS: apple; doubleloser; godhatesmacs; linux; loser; macintel; microsoft; realcpu; slowerandhotter; welcometolastweek
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This is finally it for MS! With apple running now on intel chips, there will be NO REASON for MS to continue its stranglehold on the desktop market.
The especially good thing about this is that Apple is already open source in its latest 2 operating systems.
Not that Micro$oft will die, of course (one can hope, but.....). It is just that there will be more genuine competition among desktop operating systems, which will be good for us all.
This comes at a particularly strategic juncture for the desktop, as linux is finally beginning to make some small inroads into M$oft's dominance on the desktop.
Who knows, we might even get a stable, secure version of Windows out of this. Let's not hope for too much, though.
To: chronic_loser
To: chronic_loser
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posted on
06/05/2005 8:21:42 PM PDT
by
TexasTransplant
(NEMO ME IMPUNE LACESSET)
To: chronic_loser
Intel makes the processor chips, not the operating system. It doesn't mean squat to MS windows.
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posted on
06/05/2005 8:22:06 PM PDT
by
Ron in Acreage
(It's the borders stupid!)
To: chronic_loser
From a selfish, monetary standpoint, I'd be pissed if Apple does this. Then again, that could be misplaced anger. At any rate, Apple going to Intel chips wont' mean the end of Microsoft. MS isn't going anywhere.
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posted on
06/05/2005 8:22:36 PM PDT
by
rdb3
(Yeah, but what's it spelled backwards?)
To: chronic_loser
Why will this hurt Microsoft? It might hurt IBM. And some commentators have speculated that it might hurt Apple to change it's supplier again. But Microsoft will have the edge as long as Apple Computers continue to be more expensive than PCs.
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posted on
06/05/2005 8:22:36 PM PDT
by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius)
To: chronic_loser
Even with Intel chips inside, Microsoft will probably ignore the new Apple hardware. It will be supported by OS X or some variant of Linux customized to fit it. Microsoft will continue to dine on a very broad offering of x86 and amd64 platforms. They won't even notice.
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posted on
06/05/2005 8:22:39 PM PDT
by
Myrddin
To: Ron in Acreage
I was wondering if I was the only one who didn't see the connection.
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posted on
06/05/2005 8:23:20 PM PDT
by
Paul Atreides
(FACT: You can get more reliable information in a beauty shop, than from the media)
To: chronic_loser
Do people not buy Apple because they don't have an Intel chip? I think not.
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posted on
06/05/2005 8:23:29 PM PDT
by
spyone
To: TexasTransplant
Glad you like it. I considered "flame_bait_for_the_neurally_vacant" but figured this would do just as well. Glad to see the moniker still works.
Here's a hint: don't try to engage someone in a battle of wits. You are clearly unarmed.
To: chronic_loser
a stable, secure version of Windows Add user friendly and this would be MS's best strategy to beat back the competition.
To: Paul Atreides
Like a brick to the head. The poster is clueless.
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posted on
06/05/2005 8:25:05 PM PDT
by
Ron in Acreage
(It's the borders stupid!)
To: chronic_loser
With apple running now on intel chips, there will be NO REASON for MS to continue its stranglehold on the desktop market. Say what now? Apple is a hardware manufacturer. They are not a software company. They lose money on their software just to sell their hardware. The chip that Apple is looking at is reportedly the XScale processor, which is the same chip that is in the Pocket PC.
They will NOT be releasing the Mac-OS on the PC. Apple wants to sell hardware.
To: chronic_loser
Take a chill pill. Microsoft dominates not due to what chip they run on but because users prefer their interface, functionality, interoperability, and price.
Whenever I see Microsoft mis-spelled to denigrate the fact that they are profitable, it indicates a shallow view of the world. A few steps for recovery: 1) own a company, 2) make a product, 3) give it away for free and make a payroll. When you recover from that disaster, try charging for a product and paying people rather than laying them off.
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posted on
06/05/2005 8:25:40 PM PDT
by
wireplay
To: spyone
IBM's chips make the cost of the machine MUCH higher. The fact that they run on INTEL chips mean people can clone Macs now. Entry level price for a mac is 500 bucks. You will see them cut to a price commensurate with a pc within a year.
To: chronic_loser
And just
what have YOU been
smoking, FRiend?
I am no fan of Prince William, but you anti-Microsoft zealots slay me.
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posted on
06/05/2005 8:26:43 PM PDT
by
clee1
(We use 43 muscles to frown, 17 to smile, and 2 to pull a trigger. I'm lazy and I'm tired of smiling.)
To: chronic_loser
Why do so many people approach these Linux/Mac/Microsoft threads with the fervor of a religious fanatic?
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posted on
06/05/2005 8:29:06 PM PDT
by
streetpreacher
(God DOES exist; He's just not into you!)
To: chronic_loser
I'd like to see Apple moving to a different architecture for the future: once they had a quad processor machine (or was it a clone? - 4x200MHz, IIRC). If in the future they would have a "controller" on the motherboard and multiple expansion slots to put processor daughterboards in (say, any number from 1 to 8, or even higher) - it would be much easier than trying to advance from 2G to 2.5GHz on a single chip. And 8x2G would easily beat 2x2.5G.
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posted on
06/05/2005 8:30:23 PM PDT
by
GSlob
To: Ron in Acreage
Actually, it means the mac is able to be cloned since the architecture of the chip is no longer a barrier.
To: chronic_loser
Hence Apple's business sense for 20+ years has been worthless. they make a single change and you think it is the second coming. Amazing.
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posted on
06/05/2005 8:31:01 PM PDT
by
wireplay
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