Intel has been focusing on the mobile market the past 5 years, so I can sorta see why Apple would go with the new Centrino line. However; I'd be weary of paying Mac price for a Pentium workstation. The bandwidth and scalability, compared to AMD, just isn't comparable.
------------------------------------------- Glen Batchelor IT Director All-Spec Industries phone: (910) 332-0424 fax: (910) 763-5664 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------- www.allspec.com ------------------------------------------- > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner-u2- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Raymond DeGennaro II > Sent: Monday, January 23, 2006 1:34 PM > To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > Cc: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org; David Wolverton > Subject: RE: [U2] U2 and MAC > > At 11:13 -0600 2006/01/23, David Wolverton wrote: > >Macs now contains Intel chips, and are running faster due to them. > > Yes, but it's not quite that simple. The iMac went from a > single-core 1.8 GHz G5 to a dual-core 1.8 or 2.0 GHz Core Duo and the > 15" 1.5 GHz G4 PowerBook more or less became the 1.67 or 1.8 GHz > MacBook Pro with the same Intel Core Duo chip. > > The high-end desktops and servers, along with the Mini, iBook and the > rest of the PowerBook line still use PPC's. It will be some time > before the new Intel lines are up to replacing the dual core G5's. > > Ray > -- > .=================================================================. > | =-=-=-=-=-=-= Eagle Rock Information Systems Corp =-=-=-=-=-=-= | > | -=-=-=-=-=-=- web and database business solutions -=-=-=-=-=-=- | > | <http://www.eriscorp.com> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | > |Midwest Regional Office: 815-547-0662 (voice) 815-547-0353 (Fax)| > .=================================================================. > ------- > u2-users mailing list > u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ ------- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
