On 24/10/2010, at 5:19 PM, Scotty wrote: > Apple relatively recently acquired a company that makes CPUs for > mobile devices like the A4 Processor in the ipad. Now I am wondering > if I am the only one who is wondering if Apple has any intention of > eventually manufacturing their own CPUs for their computers instead of > looking to Intel or IBM for CPUs. If they did those with Intel Macs > could eventually find themselves in the same boat as us diehards that > are still using PPC Macs. Just a thought. I mean now that they have > a company that makes procs for mobile devices it does not seem like a > big leap at least for their MacBook laptops. Has anyone else been > wondering about that?
Doesn't matter a darn whether they start making their own desktop chips or use advances from Intel. In 5-8 years time people will be buying dirt cheap used Core 2 duo Macs from this era, and complaining that they won't run the latest software. It's a cut and dried argument, either you can afford to keep up, or you can't. The end of this race is a long way away yet. Regards Santa And what, you ask, was the beginning of it all? And it is this...... Existence that multiplied itself For sheer delight of being And plunged with numberless trillions of forms So that it might find itself innumerably Sri Aurobindo -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
