Oct. 14, 2002, 10:51AM ; > On Wednesday, August 14, 2002, at 12:53 PM, Aaron Willems wrote: > > > You are wrong. Apple is never going to use Intel Processors. Like I said > > yesterday, My best guess would be Apple buying the Altivec technology from > > Motorola and selling it to IBM to incorporate into their new Power4 > > Processor. People have been saying since 1990 Apple is going to go Intel. > > Let it go, it's never going to happen. > > > > -Aaron > >Yeah, that's what I see happening. Though that may not have to happen since >it seems that IBM developed its own AltiVec-compatible Vector >Processing solution. > >It still boggles the mind as to why Apple would switch to Wintel. Perhaps >in the future we might see x86 *and* PPC-based Macs as predicted by >Andrew Welch on the AppleInsider >forums, but for the near future, we're staying with PPC. And that is >a Good Thing. > >-- >justin.
Perhaps this responds to the cumulative fears on Macintelinside Regards, Robert. http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/story.hts/business/1616473 >>Oct. 14, 2002, 10:51AM >> >>IBM announces 64-bit version of PowerPC chip >>Reuters News Service >> >>ARMONK, N.Y. - International Business Machines Corp. today >>announced a microchip for personal computers that will crunch data >>in chunks twice as big as the current standard and is expected by >>industry watchers to be used by Apple Computer >>Inc....................................An industry source said >>Cupertino, California-based Apple would use the chip in its >>Macintosh computers. >> >>That could catapult Apple, long dogged by the belief its chips are >>slower than those produced by Intel Corp., to the technological >>head of the class and put to rest speculation it was considering >>moving soon to the Intel platform....................... -- 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> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; 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 Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
