On 6/6/05, JD Runyan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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. > -- >
He was no doubt repeating what has been speculated on for a while now on this issue: http://www.tomshardware.com/hardnews/20050603_132207.html http://www.corante.com/copyfight/archives/2005/06/06/apple_cultists_the_perfect_guinea_pigs_for_drm.php You gotta love the Guinea Pig crack by Ms. Wentworth... RBW -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
