Daily Archives: June 6, 2005

Apple

HOLY SHIT!!!!!

Unfucking believable! Apple did it… they really and truly did it… the PPC is dead.. Apple will be on x86 by 2007..with the first machines available next year…

I don’t believe it… still….

I wonder why they didn’t switch to x86, instead of going the G5 route..that would have been a better time to switch IMO.

And as much as I love the new iMac, I’m in the process of trying to get an RMA for it… I bought the machine looking for something that would be useable for 3-5 years at least… and when developers stop supporting PPC at the end of the year (at least, as far as new product goes)… the machine’s lifespan becomes less then a year from purchase date!

Apple, Tech

Apple and Intel

The web has been on fire this weekend, since Cnet stated as fact that Apple will be switching to Intel chips next year, which they state will be announced Monday at WWDC.

My thoughts – which I figured I should get posted before the keynote..so we can see if I’m right..

Cnet is restating the rumors that the Wall Street Journal originally reported as rumors a couple weeks ago… this can be backed up by WSJ confirming the CNet story…

Apple won’t switch to x86… they are a hardware company..and they would lose anywhere from 1 to 2 years of hardware sales for this switch… what’s really going to happen is one of these:

1-Intel will begin pressing out the PPC chip for Apple

2-This has nothing to do with CPUs – Apple is going to license WiMax to include in the next generation of Airport equipment

3-Some other non-cpu chip made by Intel will be used by Apple (memory controller maybe?)

Guess we’ll see in a few hours….