[Ti] Re: like hell freezing over ?

[Neil Cadsawan]

On Jun 9, 2005, at 1:38 PM, Chris Olson wrote:


> On Jun 9, 2005, at 11:36 AM, Peter Krug wrote:
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>> I ask you this: What would WWDC been like if Steve came out and  
>> said that G5 development had stalled, and while Macs are still  
>> twice as fast as PC's, we don't have a plan to solve the problem.
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> How is there no plan?  The G5 and Mac OS X is designed around  
> parallel computing.  If you need more power - throw more processors  
> at the task instead of cranking the voltage on the bus.  Xgrid,  
> Xsan with Fibre Channel interconnects do exactly that.  But it  
> could be done in one box too.  What's wrong with a quad-cpu  
> PowerMac for high-end tasks?  Or a dual cpu machine with dual core  
> cpu's?  Or a dual core cpu in a PowerBook for that matter?  The  
> technology is there.  At least with PowerPC it is.  Intel is still  
> trying to catch up to AMD on x86.
> --
> Chris
>

Jobs said what the problem was in his keynote.  It's heat.  I'd love  
a dual core g5 powerbook too.  But I'd also like it not to burn my  
clothes, or be 2 inches thick.


-Neil