[Ti] Re: like hell freezing over ?

[William Scammell]

On Jun 8, 2005, at 3:32 PM, <illovox at comcast.net> wrote:

> Shawn,
>
> He's not ranting and I for one find Chris' comments informative.  My
> conclusion I can draw on my own.  What do his comments mean for  
> this list?
> They educate us as the pst, present and future of our books and the  
> company
> that makes them, just as your comments do.  So please, chill the  
> insults and
> let all speak.  And Chris, let's hope Intel has a bullit up their  
> sleeve?
>
> Run Vzel


Yes, an Intel-based 64-bit chip would be nice. That might help  
assuage people's concern regarding a "move back" to 32-bit chips, the  
AltiVec problems, ad nauseum. (Whether or not folks perceive it as a  
"move back" is up to them. I *do* see it as a step back, but believe  
there's a light at the end of the MacIntel tunnel.)

I think that's my main peeve about this whole thing. We've been  
promised one thing (64-bit chips by ~any~ company -- I don't care  
who) and are being told that Intel (the old enemy) (that's a joke  
folks, lighten up) is suddenly our silicon saviour. It's a tough pill  
to swallow after years of The Steve telling us how much better RISC  
is over CISC, etc.

I suspect this has been in the back of Steve's mind for years, and  
now that OS X has a large enough population/adoption rate (I just  
bought a 1.5 MHz Alum last week to compete with my trusty Ti500 that  
still runs 9.2.2) he feels it's safe now to take the next step.

Nevertheless, I feel for Chris' frustration, and dare I say, a slight  
feeling of betrayal. Let Chris rant, after all, we all know how to  
delete unwanted emails, right?  :")

b


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