"Too bad Apple doesn't have adult supervision."
IBM does not care what apple needs. They halted PPC development to focus on game console development. They promised to delover a low power chip, and did not, they promised 3ghz and did not deliver.
Intel can deliver and the long term roadmap of their chips is promising.
IBM didn't halt PPC development. Microsoft is using a triple-core PPC, and Nintendo is using the PPC again in their upcoming Revolution. IBM also recently announced low-power G5s.
Intel will be better for Apple in the long run, especially if they're going with Yonah. But IBM wasn't exactly complacent.
Swordmaker, I think we're part of the coolest cult ever. And now, thanks to the eventual Intel switch, I'm in the No Man's Land, the Great Divide.
And, as AMD kicks Intel's ass, and risking a mixed metaphor, Apple will eventually again feel the deck tilt. The future of the PC isn't a PC.
To: SunkenCiv
"Too bad Apple doesn't have adult supervision."
IBM does not care what apple needs. They halted PPC development to focus on game console development. They promised to delover a low power chip, and did not, they promised 3ghz and did not deliver.
Intel can deliver and the long term roadmap of their chips is promising.
5 posted on 07/08/2005 11:33:35 PM PDT by jbstrick
To: SunkenCiv
"This is CYA by the folks at IBM who lost the Apple contract."
IBM obviously doen't need Apple's contract. IBM has more than enough customers for it's silicon. Sounds more like CYA by the Apple folks that lost the IBM partnership. Anyhow, this should hold Apple over until the x86 upgrade.
6 posted on 07/09/2005 12:15:37 AM PDT by cabojoe
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To: Swordmaker
I would be curious if IBM would eventially offer the PowerPC chip o