[DM-MUG] Apple moving to Intel - confirmed by Jobs at WWDC

[Matthew Wheeler]

On Jun 7, 2005, at 3:47 PM, Ray Bowler wrote:

> Two items:
>
> One is that the software will only run on Apple manufactured computers 
> not on your Dell.
>
Ah, yes, I read that backwards. What I read was that Windows would run 
on the Mac box, not vice-versa. Probably another ROM issue. It probably 
could be emulated in software (Virtual Mac?).

> Two is that Apple has to do something about performance. Remember the 
> 3.5 announcement two years ago? Mortarola/IBM still cannot with the 
> needed performance without melting down a Powrbook.  This is the one 
> good argument which the competitions has and it could kill Apple.

I believe that was 3.0 GHz by 2004 year's-end. But note that IBM has 
progressed from 2.0 - 2.7 GHz in the last year whereas Intel has only 
progressed from 3.2 to 3.7 GHz.

> This is a switch to a new processor. I wasn't around when they went to 
> the PPC but I imagine people felt the same way. Their second major 
> change was to OS X. A lot of people are still not comfortable with 
> this one.  The Mac is building up growth momentum right now and Apple 
> thinks this will bring further growth.
>
> A year from now there will be MacTel machines being sold. At that 
> point we will have room for further discussion.
>
This much is certain.

MW

>> Well, nothing ever surprises you anyway... :)
>>
>> That they announced it so early is curious. If the G5 roadmap isn't 
>> going to serve for the future, which I take to mean that updates 
>> aren't going to be all that forthcoming, why buy now (or at all if my 
>> Dell will run OS X)? I can only see this being the first stage of a 
>> cycle that places less, or in fact no importance, on Mac hardware at 
>> all. If Apple is trying to turn the Mac into the iPod, I wonder if it 
>> will work?
>>
>> Matthew
>>
>> On Jun 7, 2005, at 9:19 AM, James Lagnese wrote:
>>
>>> I was never shocked, and it makes sense. In terms of what to rally 
>>> around, it has always been and will always be Windows v. Mac OS X. 
>>> Apple is a Software company, at least when it comes to innovation, 
>>> but some won't believe that. What this does is put them head to 
>>> head. Imagine, an OS that's Virus and Spyware free that runs on x86. 
>>> And for those that say it will only run on Apple hardware? It will 
>>> only last as long as someone hacks it.
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