Re,I think it a shame too that motorola has lost soo much on investing in building stuff most people really dont want or use while letting the computer chip sector just go nowhere,I hope the new chips go to IBM because I like IBM quality,as for intel just way over advertised and priced ,really I think apple could build a great computer useing just about any chip worth a darn to start with.so my hope is for the future,but the presant machines are quite good.someday I hope to see real 3d in my life time. just my rant
on 8/29/02 4:09 PM, Philip Stortz at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > i agree it's not going to happen, and frankly it's a silly bit of > speculation, i wish people would get off it. if apple were stupid > enough to go for the pentium, they'd be just another pc and drown in a > blood bath of cost vs. speed comparisons. as i understand it, altivec > was a joint project between ibm and motorola, and i thought apple. in > any case, i know ibm has rights to it, so i don't think licensing is > causing problems, i think the chips just might not be out in quantity > (and at a low enough price) yet and apple has some serious improvements > to make to the logic board design first any way, which is a more likely > bottleneck. > > if, if apple went to intel chips, it wouldn't be the silly pentium, it > would be some of the risc chips that frankly should have replaced the > pentium in pc's along time ago. intel was going to stop the > increasingly brain dead x86 line after the original pentiums, obviously > they couldn't get microsoft and others to go along with the idea and > were forced to continue the silliness in order to sell chips to a > segment that won't take the necessary step to a new architecture. > > Aaron Willems wrote: >> >> Not going to happen. The Power4 processor from IBM is where Apple's headed. >> These chips also clock in at over 2Ghz. Apple just needs to license Altivec >> from Motorola. > -------- -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
