[Ti] Re: IBM introduces new PowerPC processors

[Justin R. Miller]

Is it me or is this thread off-topic again?

On Jul 10, 2005, at 8:28 AM, Chris Olson wrote:

> On Jul 10, 2005, at 4:37 AM, Henry Kalir wrote:
>
>
>> Oh yeah? The Chinese need it cheap, huh??? CHEAP, Chris!!! Yet you  
>> said recently that it didn't matter to you if a 970-based Mac cost  
>> $7K. I can fish out your words, if you need a refresher.
>>
>
> I don't need a refresher, nor am I Chinese.  I also have a $27,000  
> SGI Tezro.  I doubt many of those exist in China.  You buy a  
> machine to do a job.  Cost is immaterial in high-end computing when  
> nothing else can do the job.
>
> I said I want Apple to continue to offer PowerPC-based PowerMacs,  
> and I don't care if they cost $7,000 as long as they're available  
> after Apple switches the rest of the sheep-like Mac using masses to  
> Intel processors.  The reason is because OS X is only licensed to  
> run on Apple hardware, and I have a lot invested in OS X software.   
> And I have a vested interest in the PowerPC platform.  Apple has  
> been the perfect marriage.  But they're going to loose a customer.   
> IBM has cheap boxes with PowerPC processors (that are more powerful  
> and cost less than an Xserve BTW).  The Chinese will buy those,  
> especially when they're built by Lenovo.
>
> The PowerBook line is a gonner.  I'll be switching to a ThinkPad as  
> soon as they're available with PowerPC processors.  You can mark my  
> words - they will be available with PowerPC after Apple makes the  
> "switch".  I'm already starting the migration to linux-based  
> software - I installed PowerPC Debian in my PowerBook a couple  
> weeks ago and am dual-booting it.  By the time Apple makes the  
> switch I'll be ready to switch from OS X to Linux so I'm no longer  
> tied to Apple hardware.
>
> Like Brian said - Apple has no "roadmap".  They're pulling an about- 
> face on this one.  I feel sorry for all the Mac users who think  
> that a switch to Intel processors is going to mean more apps.  FYI,  
> the API's haven't changed with the switch to Intel, only the  
> compiler.  There's going to be LESS apps on Intel for the Mac  
> because I guarantee you beyond any doubt that there's some PowerPC  
> apps that won't be making the transition - especially high-end apps  
> used in science and engineering that have been heavily optimized  
> for PowerPC vector computing.  And porting an existing Windows app  
> to Mac on Intel is just as much work as porting it to Mac on PowerPC.
>
> One thing that's become painfully clear is that Apple has done a  
> superb job of brainwashing its users.  It appears that if Steve  
> Jobs said they were going to switch from PowerPC to dual gerbils  
> running in a cage, Mac users would do an about-face en masse, and  
> proclaim dual gerbil powered Macs to be the greatest thing since  
> sliced bread.
> --
> Chris
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Justin R. Miller
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