[DM-MUG] Switch to Intel Processors from MacFixIt

Dwight Hubbard dwight.hubbard at mac.com
Fri Jun 10 10:45:08 CDT 2005


>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!

That would be cool, on the low end they could have an Ibook with an ARM proc and a SSD with 2 weeks of battery life and high end server boxes with multiple AMD-64 chips.


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