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

[Neil Cadsawan]

On Aug 31, 2005, at 11:34 PM, Chris Olson wrote:

> On Aug 25, 2005, at 12:13 AM, Tristan Gulyas wrote:
>
>
>> The big thing I will miss in this transition is AltiVec.  Rosetta  
>> won't (currently) translate AltiVec instructions so we can't run  
>> our G4/G5 apps on it.  The Freescale dual core G4 is certainly a  
>> contender for PowerBooks (and it would make sense for Apple to  
>> pioneer dual core mobile tech, just like the old days).  They  
>> haven't abandoned the PPC yet - or so they say and I'd say that  
>> the PowerBooks are due for one more revision between now and then.
>>
>
> It came to light today that Adobe will probably not have an x86  
> version of Photoshop, or any of the other apps in Adobe CS,  
> available for OS X on x86 when Apple releases the hardware.  Bruce  
> Chizen offers a glimpse of reality instead of the twisted illusion  
> of the Reality Distortion Field where you simply click a checkbox  
> in Xcode and BOOM! instant fat binary.
>
> In an interview with CNet, Bruce Chizen was asked:
> "Let's talk about Apple Computer. What is the early word about  
> moving Mac apps over to work on Intel-based systems? Not so easy?"
>
> Chizen: "Steve (Jobs) likes to trivialize the process and make it  
> seem easy, but moving the apps over is not that easy...Getting over  
> to MacTel is work..........It's not that easy because you have to  
> compile the app, you have to test it. If you look at most testing  
> cycles, for any complex cycle, for any complex product, that's  
> three or four months until it's out. You just can't turn a switch  
> and get a MacTel product--and Steve knows that."
> CNet: So, when do you think that Adobe will be ready to take  
> Photoshop?
> Chizen: "I haven't given a date yet, I'd be surprised if we did a  
> MacTel only release. I think you'll find us doing what we did with  
> OS X, which is to enhance the product and support the new  
> environment at the same time. If you look at our product cycles for  
> products like Photoshop and Creative Suite, they tend to be in the  
> 18- to 24-month cycle, which means that you're talking about either  
> Q4 of '06 or Q1 of '07."

Yes, it seems that they won't have an update when the first MacTels  
are released.  But it does look like they'll have a version out when  
the transition is complete.  That doesn't sound so bad.


-Neil