[X4U] Apple to move to Intel

[Jeffrey Stormshak]

I would really like to know where Apple is coming from and what  
"true" advancement they will have buy selling all Macs with the  
dreaded "Intel Inside".  Are they trying to align themselves as an  
"UNIX based PC platform" such as those Intel/AMD workstations already  
running any Linux Distro?  if so, those desktops are not growing in  
leaps nor bounds -

I've spent years trying to find a "Solid" platform and after trying a  
loaded Win XP Pro system using AMD chips, nothing beats the fully  
loaded G5.  I could never imagine trying to use Apple's Motion, DVD  
Studio, Macromedia Studio, importing Video, using numerous  
applications, X-Windows and other UNIX tools, etc without having to  
reboot to gain back unallocated RAM...  Point of fact, I never could  
find the tools and applications for XP that would execute like those  
on the PowerMac thus why the (25) Million current user base.

Once the announcement is made, this will be the biggest "kick in  
teeth" I've personally ever had done to me.  I guess the G5 at that  
point can be placed in to corner with the other has-been systems -  
I'll set mine next to my C64 and Amiga3000.

I'm glad vendors would rather build something for the "little guys"  
and forget the Power users who has kept them in business in the first  
place -
I digress -


On Jun 4, 2005, at 10:20 AM, T.L. Miller wrote:

> On 6/4/05, at 11:02 AM, Johns Maillist, <mymaillist at mac.com> said:
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>> My concern, like it mentions in the article, is that the developers
>> who have been loyal to Macs different OS changes could indeed get
>> tired of the changes, and opt for another area to work in.
>> I do, of course, like the possibility of a direct "in your face"
>> challenge to Windows on their own turf.
>>
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> Not necessarily, if the rumors about Transitive Technologies are true.
> "Own turf?" Except for running the same processors, wouldn't Wintel  
> and
> Mactel machines be totally different?
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> Tom Miller
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