New Mac platform (was: Re: Mac OS X Lion 10.7 is no longer a rumor!

[Dennis B. Swaney]

On 29/10/10 10:26PDT, Tina K. wrote:

On 2010/10/28 17:16, Mystic Prowler so eloquently wrote:

I wonder if it would be a good idea to dual-boot it with Ubuntu systems
because Ubuntu still supports PowerPC with their newer system releases.


Actually, Ubuntu dropped official support for PPC several versions ago,
but the community has taken up the slack. Debian has official support
for PPC, and so does YellowDog and a few other variants.

There will come a day when Apple stops supporting 10.5 and then PPC
users will have to decide if they want to continue without any further
security updates or if they want to change platforms.

http://penguinppc.org/about/distributions.php



With Apple now making their own chips, perhaps we'll see a new Mac 
platform that DOESN'T have Intel Inside. I refuse to purchase any 
Mac from Apple that uses Intel. If Apple doesn't start using their own 
chips, then at least they should use AMD chips so as not to support the 
Intel monopoly.


Even better might be for Apple to use some of their pocket change and 
buy AMD; that would really block the Intel/Microsoft monopolists.


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Sincerely,
Dennis B. Swaney

Windows is a command-line OS with a GUI shell while Mac System 10 is 
... oh, never mind.


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Re: New Mac platform (was: Re: Mac OS X Lion 10.7 is no longer a rumor!

[Mystic Prowler]

I agree, but at the same time I suggest doing this:

The Apple A4 chip should be standardized for all mobile platforms (except
laptops), while Apple should go back to the PowerPC, but have a different
name and a new generation, like the PowerPC G5 v2, or the PowerPC G6, or the
Core G6... I love the PowerPC platform and will never give it up. I sorta
refuse to buy an intel mac too.

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