[Ti] Intel shows off 64-bit dual core processors for mobile, desktop, and servers

[Shawn King]

On 8/24/05 1:26 PM, "~flipper" <lord.flipper at gmail.com> wrote:

> Intel also has a history of broken promises,

And IBM doesn't?

> and is in league with a company
> that exemplifies the opposite of user 'ownership' and 'control' of boxes and
> software.

And IBM isn't?

> Meanwhile Apple announces a platform abandonment, what (?), 18 months before
> the 'rollout'?

12 at most.

> That's not good business. And the simultaneous announcement
> that they are banking on 'promises' and tossing in with the advocates of
> reduced fair use, lack of true 'ownership', etc...

And Apple doesn't do those things already? Look at the iTMS.

> I don't know what exactly
> will unfold, but it shouldn't be hard to understand the skepticism, should it?

Not at all. But, at the end of the day, we simply don't know. So why not
wait until we have information instead of going over the same territory over
and over again?

>  Mirage-like notions of a marginally cheaper box? Who knows?

I don't believe for a second Powerbooks will get significantly cheaper,
regardless of the chip inside.
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