[X4U] Apple's move to Intel 64 bit?

[Scott McCulloch]

Excellent point.

On Jun 7, 2005, at 9:35 AM, James Jones wrote:

> This isn't surprising, for the moment, since the first Intel models  
> will be replacing G4s, not G5s (and 64-bit Intel chips will be  
> neither cheap, nor plentiful for at least another 12 to 18 months).  
> The Apple roadmap keeps 64-bit class machines on PPC until 2007.
>
> On Jun 7, 2005, at 9:23 AM, Scott McCulloch wrote:
>
>
>> On Jun 7, 2005, at 9:13 AM, Richard Gilmore wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Will the MacTel's Pentiums be 64bit?
>>>
>>
>> Not according to this:
>> http://www.macfixit.com/article.php?story=20050607081920942
>>
>> Which does seem disappointing, or confusing, or something to me,  
>> given Apple's insistence that 64bit was an important step for OS  
>> X, one of the benefits of G5s, etc. I certainly bought the  
>> argument... so I'm not quite sure how to take this.
>>