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

[Richard Gilmore]

Maybe they will. I'm guessing it's too early to tell. I think Job's said he
wanted a variety of processors, which IBM wasn't giving him. I'm assuming
they'll be a larger range of model/processor/price combos maybe the 64 bit
machines will be for higher end users and the 32 bit Pentiums will be lower
end machines like the Mini. But with MS bringing out a 64 bit XP and apps
always requiring more power and Moore's law I don't see how Apple can stick
with 32 bit processors for very long. I just got a G5 and I personally do
not want to go back to a 32 bit machine.

Richard 


On 7/6/05 2:44 PM, "John Switlik" <johnsandiego at mac.com> wrote:

> Which was why I asked yesterday if maybe Apple would use the Itanium.
> 
>  
> On Tuesday, June 07, 2005, at 09:26AM, Scott McCulloch
> <mylists at ascottmcculloch.com> 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.
>> 
>> Scott
> 
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