Well you are right that AMD does not do PPC CPUs you could not be more wrong about the switch to Intel being a smart move. They only did it to boost lagging laptop sales because they were stuck with the G4 because the G5 ran too hot to stick it in a laptop and they were loosing clock speed marketing war because the G4 was pushed pretty much to it's limit. The thing is Motorola/IBM did deliver on a PPC solution that had a low energy power footprint drastically lower then anything Intel had and that Blew even the top G5s out of the water but it came a few months too late because Apple in their impatience jumped too soon and ended up with a mediocre solution all because they could not push back a release date on new laptops.
On Sun, Oct 24, 2010 at 11:47 AM, <schaf...@comcast.net> wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "James Therrault" <jetas...@netzero.com> > To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com > Sent: Sunday, October 24, 2010 4:07:20 AM > Subject: Re: Apple inside? > > > On Oct 24, 2010, at 1:26 AM, Dan wrote: > > >> I'm thinking by next summer/fall, Apple will be offering A4 >> "portables" and Core i7 and i9 "desktops". OS X and iOS merged >> (Lion being the first step), and able to run on either ARM or x86. >> yum. > > Interesting, but I still think that Apple dropped the ball with > regard to option to power sucking G5 chips for laptops. Neither IBM > or Motorola could do it but maybe a special arrangement with other > Intel competitors to work on a low power PPC such as AMD could have > proven fruitful. Power technology is now way up there with regards to > clock speed supporting multiple cores. > > Just my 2¢ worth... > > JT > > (Curses on Comcast for not setting the "quote" function.) 8^P > > AMD does not do PPC. Apple's decision to do Intel, particularly for > laptops, was sound. It let them compete with "PCs". > > It was because Motorola could not deliver a low-energy, powerful footprint. > Intel is undeniably better at that! > > As a G4/G5 participant, I lament the loss of g4/g5 technology, but I > understand the move to Intel. > > Moving to an Apple-produced processor also is intriguing. Let the good > times roll... > > - Peter > > > > > -- > 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 > -- 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
