On Jan 5, 2006, at 3:43 PM, Simon Brown wrote:
They should have waited for the MPC8641D. Dual G4 core, and dual
733 MHz DDR memory busses. That would make a killer powerbook
even if it wasn't any faster in MHz.
Except Moto can't get the damned thing out the door in quantity at
a reasonable price, and would really rather make other chips anyway.
We all know the dual core thing from moto has been promised for
some time now - whilst the specs are impressive - proof is in
delivery. I too lament the passing of PPC.
I am also going out on a limb if people really think that first
generation or even second revision Intel mac, be it desktop or
laptop (most likely in my opinion) be significantly faster than the
models they replace then I suspect many are in for bitter
disappointment.
I fail to see how. *existing* Intel-based laptops are significantly
faster. Unless they've utterly and completely botched the Intel port
of OS X, an Intel-based Mac is going to kick a PPC's butt.
We've been getting PC laptops that are *killing* Macs in price,
performance, weight and power consumption for a year now. *This*
is why the change to Intel.
Unfortunately the design edge, feature edge and cache that came
with earlier Powerbooks (most notably the Titanium which still
command stupid prices secondhand here in Australia) no longer
exists for Apple so they cannot command the premium prices and
seemingly lesser speed capable machines. I will conceed the real
value of their laptops has fallen dramatically over last few years
but still "generally" cheaper to buy a windoze box, particularly
when you look at vanilla machines.
Actually, no. Apple Powerbooks are better made, and when you match
feature for feature with PC laptops, you pay the same price pretty much.
The PC manufacturers have a vast array of cheaper, less capable
systems, though.
But Motorola would rather make and sell cellphones, and IBM would
rather make CPUs for game consoles and high end servers. At least
Intel is focused on the kind of chips and goals Apple needs.
And given they have been chasing Apple for over a decade then they
will most likely provide good supply at least in first part of
relationship. I just hope that the "intel inside" is a sticker that
I can remove as a Mac user of some 18+ years I am still struggling
to swallow that I will have to see "Intel Inside" on my Mac.
No you won't. <http://tinyurl.com/7dqto> Gone, just in time for Apple
system (I'm certain, as fanatical as Steve is about the Apple brand,
you would have never seen Intel Inside stickers on 'em anyway)
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