Comments on: Apple Makes a Switch to Intel http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/apple-makes-a-switch-to-intel/ Digital Trends is your home for technology news, CE product reviews, mobile app reviews and daily videos. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 19:51:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Tantrum http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/apple-makes-a-switch-to-intel/#comment-51376 Tantrum Mon, 06 Jun 2005 15:20:50 +0000 http://www.digitaltrends.com#comment-51376 hahaha Apple is sure desperate. The PowerPC chip could never compete with an Intel CPU, and good ole-Steve knew this the whole time, burning all of you Apple Zealots in the end. Welcome to the dark-side fella's! hahaha Apple is sure desperate. The PowerPC chip could never compete with an Intel CPU, and good ole-Steve knew this the whole time, burning all of you Apple Zealots in the end. Welcome to the dark-side fella's!

]]> By: fungku http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/apple-makes-a-switch-to-intel/#comment-51375 fungku Mon, 06 Jun 2005 15:11:20 +0000 http://www.digitaltrends.com#comment-51375 They certainly have an opening to pickup a large mareket share if they move over to Intel chips and their hardware becomes cheaper in price. Porting applications over to it should be easier since it will be x86 instead of powerpc. If Jobs/Apple doesnt open the door up to clones again then it will be a missed opportunity. They certainly have an opening to pickup a large mareket share if they move over to Intel chips and their hardware becomes cheaper in price. Porting applications over to it should be easier since it will be x86 instead of powerpc. If Jobs/Apple doesnt open the door up to clones again then it will be a missed opportunity.

]]> By: Ian Bell http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/apple-makes-a-switch-to-intel/#comment-51374 Ian Bell Mon, 06 Jun 2005 15:03:59 +0000 http://www.digitaltrends.com#comment-51374 This article by Om Malik: <a href="<a rel="nofollow" href="http://gigaom.com/2005/06/04/steve-jobs-like-howard-hughes-mystifies/"">http://gigaom.com/2005/06/04/steve-jobs-like-howard-hughes-mystifies/"</a> target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><a rel="nofollow" href="http://gigaom.com/2005/06/04/steve-jobs-like-howard-hughes-mystifies/">http://gigaom.com/2005/06/04/steve-jobs-like-howard-hughes-mystifies/</a></a> makes Steve Jobs out to be a genius. My take is that IBM simply cannot keep up with Intel and AMD on a margin basis. Apple computers simply cost too much money for the average consumer. Partnering with Intel not only makes sense, but its something Apple has needed to do for a long time. It has nothing to do with Steve Jobs proving people wrong. It has to do with keeping a company alive. This article by Om Malik: http://gigaom.com/2005/06/04/steve-jobs-like-howard-hughes-mystifies/“ target=”_blank” rel=”nofollow”>http://gigaom.com/2005/06/04/steve-jobs-like-howard-hughes-mystifies/ makes Steve Jobs out to be a genius. My take is that IBM simply cannot keep up with Intel and AMD on a margin basis. Apple computers simply cost too much money for the average consumer. Partnering with Intel not only makes sense, but its something Apple has needed to do for a long time. It has nothing to do with Steve Jobs proving people wrong. It has to do with keeping a company alive.

]]> By: fungku http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/apple-makes-a-switch-to-intel/#comment-51373 fungku Mon, 06 Jun 2005 13:11:45 +0000 http://www.digitaltrends.com#comment-51373 i know that os x has always been able to run on intel (know someone who worked there. he did testing for os x and did tests on the intel version.) Apple just has never released it. This is good for apple, and apple users. The only thing that sucks is that pretty much all the current machines have now been made obsolete. I just got a mac mini, and i'm a little pissed. i know that os x has always been able to run on intel (know someone who worked there. he did testing for os x and did tests on the intel version.) Apple just has never released it. This is good for apple, and apple users. The only thing that sucks is that pretty much all the current machines have now been made obsolete. I just got a mac mini, and i'm a little pissed.

]]> By: Red Smurph http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/apple-makes-a-switch-to-intel/#comment-51372 Red Smurph Mon, 06 Jun 2005 12:58:40 +0000 http://www.digitaltrends.com#comment-51372 Beyond cost-savings there's a very important point with moving to Intel: OS X could potentially run on any PC, competing directly with Microsoft. Whether Apple will have any real impact is another story.<br /> Beyond cost-savings there's a very important point with moving to Intel: OS X could potentially run on any PC, competing directly with Microsoft. Whether Apple will have any real impact is another story.

]]> By: RX8 http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/apple-makes-a-switch-to-intel/#comment-51371 RX8 Mon, 06 Jun 2005 12:18:13 +0000 http://www.digitaltrends.com#comment-51371 This is a sweet deal, and I hope it really does drive Apple prices down. Maybe this could mean a new motherboard architecture in which developers great more games for the Apple?<br /> <br /> Also, anyone think there is a chance to see the Apple OS on non-Apple systems because of this? This is a sweet deal, and I hope it really does drive Apple prices down. Maybe this could mean a new motherboard architecture in which developers great more games for the Apple?

Also, anyone think there is a chance to see the Apple OS on non-Apple systems because of this?

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