[X4U] Apple to move to Intel

[Johns Maillist]

On Jun 4, 2005, at 12:04 PM, Jeffrey Stormshak wrote:

>
> 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.

I am not so sure you would see the reboot issue as we do with XP,  
since the OS is what claims and allocates the RAM usage. It would be  
a reasonable assumption, I believe, that the Mac OS on Intel (should  
this prove to be true) would still perform as we have come to know  
and love.