Apple went with Intel in a premature attempt to boost laptop sales which was their second best seller after ipods. The Cell procssor would have been perfct for laptops which why the made one specifically for that purpose. I have no idea how an xbox has anything to do with PPC based laptop. It was a bad move. Of course they are top clients with Intel. Intel is not even close to being in the same league as Big Blue.
Sent on the TELUS Mobility network with BlackBerry -----Original Message----- From: Bruce Johnson <john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu> Sender: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2010 11:41:22 To: <g3-5-list@googlegroups.com> Reply-To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Apple inside? On Oct 24, 2010, at 10:34 AM, Alex Barnes wrote: >> 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. (snip) > The switch to Intel was a smart move because it enabled the Macs to > dual boot Windoze and in turn it brought in a lot of sales. Also, I > like the Intel CPUs because even the weakest ones were faster than > the G5s. My 13" MBP has waaaaaaaay better benchmarks than the last > Powermac G5. Apple moved to Intel because they finally had a partner big enough to produce large numbers of cutting edge CPUS and do so with Apple as a major customer in mind. Apple is now one of Intel's top 5 customers. They were never more than a sideline to Motorola or IBM. The Cell CPU wouldn't have made much difference as a laptop cpu; if it did, MS would have come out with a portable XBox a long time ago. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- 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
