Wintel is now Mintel? (off-topic) 2005-06-08 - By Vince Marco
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I think they've demonstrated the ability to use AMD if needed or
advantageous down the road. But both AMD and PowerPC have power/heat
issues on the laptops, which Intell has the resources to resolve.
Besides, they get a marketing boost in the nontech consumer
marketplace which believes that Intell-inside means something.
My point with Xbox is that with other consumers for PowerPC chips
which can be a higher volume market, Apple would tend to get squeezed
out for what it needs. And don't think that IBM hasn't been
intentionally slowing down the advancement of the XServe, which
competes directly with their AIX servers. I know from personal
experience how good technology can fall victim to IBM's internal
politics.
This move will benefit both Apple and consumers. I just don't know
what M$ will throw into the way to stop it. Won't be good for them
in the long run.
Ok, now I'm done with this off-topic topic. I'll be good now. :-)
Vince
On Jun 8, 2005, at 4:41 AM, ewells3@(protected) wrote:
> I don't think Xbox is much of a concern. The xbox will use a
> triple core processor, not something you generally see on the
> desktop side. I just wonder how sweet of a deal they are getting
> from Intel? Personally, I think they should have used AMD
> processors. They've been staying just ahead of Intel in the
> performance areas of late (not so in some streaming media apps) and
> their 64bit and dual core tech is very nice and supposed to be
> better than Intel's.
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