[DM-MUG] Switch to Intel Processors from MacFixIt

[Bill Davis]

Actually, I read somewhere in the last few days that ALL Intel Pentium  
family processors will have 64 bit capabilities by the end of the year,  
but I don't know more details than that.  Gotta find that Intel  
Roadmap.    And hope I can understand it....processors have changed a  
LOT since the days when I actually occasionally wrote code down at the  
processor-specific (assembly language) level -- that was back in the  
680x0 and earlier days....and then not that much.

Frankly, for most of the market 64 bit is still a non-issue, and will  
be for a number of  years yet.  Unless your RAM needs are truly  
massive, and they aren't for normal business uses and home uses, it  
needn't concern you much.  A 64 bit processor in a iMac or Mac Mini is  
useless for most folks.  A PowerBook less so, or even an iBook as some  
people need portable power.   A PowerMac, of course, is another story.

Frankly, I'd like it if they continued to support the PowerPC and maybe  
also supprt AMD or other processors...forever. Support the OS work on  
multiple platforms and use the appropriate processor for the  
appropriate task and best value.   If the G5 is better, use that.  Use  
Intel for the laptops and mini.   Whatever works best for the market  
being targeted.  The predecessor to OS X from NeXT supported 4 or 5  
different processes (68k, Intel, PowerPC, and one or two others) after  
all, so this switch is nothing it hasn't been capable of for a decade!

  - Bill

On Jun 9, 2005, at 6:55 PM, Matthew Wheeler wrote:

> Also today on MacFixit:
> Apple not pursuing 64-bit Intel processors? Preview of difficulty in  
> porting.
> <http://www.macfixit.com/article.php?story=20050607081920942>
>
> Perhaps Apple will sell *more* of the current G5's due to this change?
>
> MW
>
> On Jun 8, 2005, at 10:23 PM, Russ Carlson wrote:
>
>> For better or worse, we are all in for a headache
>>
>>
>> by Ted Landau
>>
>> So...as Steve Jobs revealed at the WWDC Keynote address today, Apple  
>> intends to have its complete Mac line running on Intel processors by  
>> 2007. A demo version of the Mac OS running on a Pentium processor was  
>> shown at the Keynote. It was using an Intel-based version of Mac OS X  
>> that Jobs said had been in development for years.
>>
> ...
>
>> Personally, I trust Steve enough to know that he would not have made  
>> this move on a whim. He would need to be convinced that there was no  
>> better option. Still, that doesn't mean it is good news for Mac  
>> users. Personally, I am feeling a bit nervous right now. It will take  
>> some time, and some good progress reports on how this transition is  
>> going, before I calm  
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