Which might be a problem. If Apple stops being IBM's largest PPC
customer, they can't bully them as much for production levels. The
XBox360 and Nintendo might mean less chips available for Apple to use.
Anybody notice that this rumor comes up like once every 6 months in the
IT industry?
Chris Reeves wrote:
Well, IBM just inked contracts with both Microsoft for XBOX360 and Nintendo
for Revolution.. so uh, I think those will keep it busy.. they probably do
same/more volume then Apple ;)
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chris Klein
Sent: Sunday, June 05, 2005 11:45 AM
To: 'The Hardware List'
Subject: RE: [H] Apple to drop PowerPC CPU, Go Intel/AMD
We haven't cut output or laid anyone off in our chip division. Who knows
what's going on at this point. There have been no official announcements on
our end.
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Greg Sevart
Sent: Sunday, June 05, 2005 12:12 PM
To: The Hardware List
Subject: Re: [H] Apple to drop PowerPC CPU, Go Intel/AMD
There has been some speculation and rumor about this for a few weeks now,
all started by a blurb in the Wall Street Journal. If Apple really does
completely ditch IBM and go to Intel, then that obviously is a really,
really big deal. Current speculation suggests that Apple will use SOME Intel
chips (like the XScale ARM based chip) in SOME Apple devices, but not their
computers, and they aren't ditching IBM. This seems to make much more sense,
but at this moment it is all just conjecture.
We'll see. :)
Greg
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ben Ruset" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "The Hardware List" <hardware@hardwaregroup.com>
Sent: Sunday, June 05, 2005 10:20 AM
Subject: Re: [H] Apple to drop PowerPC CPU, Go Intel/AMD
They only say that they're moving to Intel manufactured chips, not
necessarily x86.
I can't see Apple moving to x86. Nobody will buy any new macs until the
hardware switches. Why buy into a dead achetecture?
Chris Reeves wrote:
http://news.com.com/Apple+to+ditch+IBM%2C+switch+to+Intel+chips/2100-1006_3-
5731398.html?tag=nefd.lede
Wow.
CW
