Gregory K. Ruiz-Ade wrote:
I'm also quite puzzled why Apple would go with Intel instead of AMD,
given AMD's better overall price and system performance (Hypertransport
blows the doors of Intel's shared bus architecture in nearly all
throughput tests, especially in multi-cpu systems.)
The Rush Limbaugh take on the switch has to do with DRM, and wanting to
distribute movies with the studios' blessings. Though he didn't know any
of the terms, so DRM never actually came out of his mouth. If apple is
banking its future on the IPod and ITunes, then he may well be right.
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