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1 posted on 12/27/2005 2:17:58 PM PST by Panerai
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To: Panerai

It's possible, but Apple's left themselves enough breathing room that I doubt they'd be pushing their engineers so hard that they'd have to outsource the PowerMac's design to Intel.

We'll see.


2 posted on 12/27/2005 2:23:25 PM PST by Terpfen (Libby should hire Phoenix Wright.)
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To: Panerai

OSx86 already runs on generic Intel hardware. There really isn't any technical reason that Apple couldn't use off the shelf parts for their systems.


3 posted on 12/27/2005 2:26:38 PM PST by MediaMole
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Unless Apple has decided to change their paradigm, it doesn't sound likely to me. The motherboard is the core of Apple's hardware business, and Apple is, at heart, a hardware company. They write an O/S to sell hardware, not the other way around.

Also, keeping the motherboard proprietary lets them continue to control everything else.

Ipods, etc., will be spun off into another division, or into an entirely new company in a year or two, I think.


10 posted on 12/27/2005 4:26:53 PM PST by jimtorr
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