Posted on 07/05/2005 2:06:15 PM PDT by Panerai
One reason that Dell didn’t make my short list of companies with vision is its lousy business decision to remain the lone first-tier player not to add AMD’s processors to its server lineup. Hewlett-Packard, IBM, and Sun Microsystems, among others, like Dell’s decision fine. They know Dell’s missing out on AMD’s secret sauce. AMD’s CPU line is so very manufacturer-friendly — meaning that it’s also profit-friendly, as system vendors evolve from model to model and reach into new markets, especially the higher-density value server market that AMD is certain to own.
Dell wants no part of this, choosing instead to cleave only unto Intel, and by gum, to stick to the idea even though competitors and their customers have proved the folly of it. Standing out like a Southern belle in a biker bar must make Dell a little squirmy. Even I must empathize with the pain of sharing a fishbowl with a bad decision. I suppose I should be glad that Dell has found a friend in Apple.
Dell has welcomed Apple into its exclusive club by cracking a joke about adding OS X to its list of preinstalled software options. Cold day in hell, says Apple — but Apple has certainly taught us never to say never. Dell, the butt of Steve Jobs’ jokes and scathing “2GHz G5 kicks 3GHz Xeon’s ass” demo at the Power Mac G5 launch, Dell, the epitome of the good Intel soldier, now has a seat next to Apple’s at Intel’s quarterly issuance of marching orders.
Hence the title of this column. Hence my loss of appetite for the lunch on my desk.
(Excerpt) Read more at macworld.com ...
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Kind of a stupid article. All opinion and supposition. I think everyone should wait until the new computers come out. As usual everyine is underestimating Jobs.
* Don't think I am a Mac basher as I am writing this comment on a G4 iBook.
Thanks to Panerai for the heads up.
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And I will reply on my G-5 iMac!
How do you like it? I've been drooling over the 2.0G iMac but have held off because of the reported heat problems.
I know it's beautiful, and I want one!
I now live in Florida and Apple is not allowed to sell their extended warantee here, so I'm hesitating until I feel they have this problem resolved. Never had a serious problem with any Mac in 21 years, but this one has me concerned
This is what happens when you spend too much time in Macland - you lose track of how the other 95% lives :)
What this guy doesn't know - tech writer? really? - is that, clock for clock, the current Pentium M is very nearly as fast as the Athlon 64. That's the current single core Dothan P-M. By the time the first Mactels are rolling out, they'll likely be built around the next-generation dual-core Pentium-M's, and be quite credible chips. Jobs may be many things, but he's not stupid, and I suspect he got an extensive and thorough look at Intel's roadmap, and liked what he saw.
"clock for clock, the current Pentium M is very nearly as fast as the Athlon 64"
In 32 bit apps you are quite right. If you can get a Dothan core to run at AMD64 speeds. I've seen guys running Dothans with 32 bit performance comparable to my FX-55 at 3.2, but they gotta put em under freon to do it. The author is indeed a little bit misinformed. It's gonna be a fun year watching the Mac opinion writers twist in the wind about what will end up being a very nice upgrade to the Apple line.
At this point there's no reason to buy a mac.
If you're a technology buff, Linux is the most advanced around.(big 3) Every feature that OS 10.4 crowed about was already available. Some months earlier, some YEARS earlier.
If you're looking for something different, anything but MS's 94% marketshare will do.
If you're looking for ease of use, that really isn't an argument, at least with the big 3.
Unless you need that one app that apple only makes for it's own machines, or you're going after(apple's marketing is it's #1 department) "coolness" factor, apple is irrelevant.
At this point there's no reason to buy a mac.
If you're a technology buff, Linux is the most advanced around.(big 3) Every feature that OS 10.4 crowed about was already available. Some months earlier, some YEARS earlier.
If you're looking for something different, anything but MS's 94% marketshare will do.
If you're looking for ease of use, that really isn't an argument, at least with the big 3.
Unless you need that one app that apple only makes for it's own machines, or you're going after(apple's marketing is it's #1 department) "coolness" factor, apple is irrelevant.
Why have my posts been showing up as double lately?
I got the 2G, 20" a couple of weeks ago and am lovin' it. I had to stop my drooling somehow.... Haven't had any heat problems with it. I dropped in extra RAM 1.5GB total), and it is slicker than you-know-what!
Cheers, CC :)
I will continue to maintain three different tracks when it comes to computers.
1. For work, a cheap Dell.
2. For home, I will continue to build my own PCs and use WinXP. It is the only platform for the good games.
3. I'll keep a cheap Mac and a Wally World Linux box in the office just to keep my knowledge up-to-date. Gnome Mahjong is the best time waster in the office.
Spotlight? Core Image? Core Video? System-wide PDF? Quartz Composer? Advanced font management? System-wide dictionary and spell-check? Voice operation?
my mac never double posts.
my mac never double posts.
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