--- "J.S. Garrison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: <clip> > Nevermore anything as new and different as the Mac? > Can't say I'd like living with that.
The only things in a Mac since the B&W G3 that aren't directly from the PC parts bin are the CPU, firewire ports, whatever "magic" that flips the bytes between big and little endian as they go to and fro from the PCI bus, and the fancy case designs. Since the OS hasn't had a big chunk stashed in physical ROM, that's no longer a part of the computer itself. (Which is why PearPC doesn't need a ROM image to run OSX.) The rest of the important bits, PCI, IDE, USB, AGP and a few other alphabet soup items weren't invented at Apple. Macintosh hardware has been a PC in a plastic case with a different CPU for years. So Apple's finally decided to toss the last piece that could be pointed to and claim "Not a PC!". What're you gonna do about it? NOT buy one and thus help your favorite computer company lose money? It will be total Fandemonium! August (Fri) 5th, (Sat) 6th & (Sun) 7th, 2005 http://www.fandemonium.org __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Vintage Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:vintage.macs@mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/vintage.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
