Apple to ditch IBM, switch to Intel chips **Updated 6/7** x86 Mac systems *should* run Windows

[NFS4]

HOLY FVCKIN' CRAP!

http://news.com.com/Apple+to+ditch+IBM%...98.html?part=rss&tag=5731398&subj=news

 

[mzkhadir]

that would be sweet but the prices will stay the same because its apple

 

[LASTGUY2GETPS2]

Originally posted by: mzkhadir
that would be sweet but the prices will stay the same because its apple

So true.

 

[lokiju]

OMGWTFCPU!!!!

 

[IAteYourMother]

WHY??

 

[Schadenfroh]

First we have Roger Waters getting together with a united pink floyd, then we have this!!!!????!!

WHAT IS NEXT???? SKYWALKER66 GETTING A GIRLFRIEND?

 

[Deadtrees]

Ah, Xbox ditching Intel, switching to IBM. Apple ditching IBM, switching to Intel. Quite an interesting world, isn't it?

 

[Chunkee]

boooo

should have went with AMD

booooo the dark side

 

[tm37]

and the takeover is complete.

APple will soon be like Red Hat

 

[Queasy]

Well, so much for the irony of the Xbox360 running on chips that Apple PCs use.

 

[fbrdphreak]

Yeah, but Apple/IBM/Intel refused to comment on it. Nothing is final till you see the official press release

 

[AnitaPeterson]

2010: Apple / PC fusion

 

[RaynorWolfcastle]

wow, if it happens that's bad news for MS. OS X on Intel could make Apple a real player on the desktop front.

Edit unless Intel goes with something other than x86 for Apple, that is

 

[helpme]

I'll be at WWDC so I'll believe it once Steve says it's so. Wether or not there will be booing is another story

 

[RaynorWolfcastle]

How about if Intel makes an Itanium chip for Apple? That would allow Apple to remain segregated from PCs and allow Intel to finally start pushing IA64 into the desktop space. Makes sense strategically for both groups, Intel gets to increase market penetration of the Itanium and Apple gets to use Intel's manufacturing capabilities.

 

[remagavon]

Wouldn't this be a huge pain in the ass for developers? I love my mini, but I don't know if this is good or bad. I guess if they go with the planned dothan- derivative intel cpu it would be pretty awesome, especially for multimedia work which intel already excels at. This could be a fantastic thing and would likely boost marketshare quite a bit

 

[n7]

Sad.

 

[ed21x]

Originally posted by: RaynorWolfcastle
wow, if it happens that's bad new for MS. OS X on Intel could make Apple a real player on the desktop front.

Edit unless Intel goes with something other than x86 for Apple, that is

yup- by this point, both would be on equal ground hardware-wise, so it only comes down to which OS is better I would love to have a dual boot XP/OSX system.

 

[ponyo]

Wow, if confirmed.

 

[OffTopic1]

Originally posted by: RaynorWolfcastle
wow, if it happens that's bad new for MS. OS X on Intel could make Apple a real player on the desktop front.

Edit unless Intel goes with something other than x86 for Apple, that is

Why so?
Maybe it would make it easier for MS purchase OSX and make Windows better to compete with Linux.

 

[PowerMacG5]

Originally posted by: helpme
I'll be at WWDC so I'll believe it once Steve says it's so. Wether or not there will be booing is another story

Hey. I'm gonna be there too. I will be in the booing camp. I like the PPC, but if they must switch to x86, I would have preferred AMD.

 

[daclayman]

Originally posted by: ed21x

Originally posted by: RaynorWolfcastle
wow, if it happens that's bad new for MS. OS X on Intel could make Apple a real player on the desktop front.

Edit unless Intel goes with something other than x86 for Apple, that is

yup- by this point, both would be on equal ground hardware-wise, so it only comes down to which OS is better I would love to have a dual boot XP/OSX system.

qft and pc

 

[PowerMacG5]

Originally posted by: RaynorWolfcastle
How about if Intel makes an Itanium chip for Apple? That would allow Apple to remain segregated from PCs and allow Intel to finally start pushing IA64 into the desktop space. Makes sense strategically for both groups, Intel gets to increase market penetration of the Itanium and Apple gets to use Intel's manufacturing capabilities.

Itanium is a lot more expensive than the G5.

Also, to anyone mentioning Apple trying to beat MS for the OS marketshare, remember that Apple is a hardware company. If they allow OS X to run on any hardware other than thre own, there profits plummet.

 

[RaynorWolfcastle]

Originally posted by: OffTopic

Originally posted by: RaynorWolfcastle
wow, if it happens that's bad new for MS. OS X on Intel could make Apple a real player on the desktop front.

Edit unless Intel goes with something other than x86 for Apple, that is

Why so?
Maybe it would make it easier for MS purchase OSX and make Windows better to compete with Linux.

Well to be honest, the more I think about it, the less likely I think that Apple on x86 is. This would mean almost certain end to their hardware business. That or they would have to move to an Alienware-type business model for it. Either way, I don't see Apple moving to x86 unless they are looking to completely change their hardware division

 

[UNCjigga]

Holy crap! I knew something was up back in April (won't get into the details.) But I misinterpreted the "information"--I thought Apple was going to partner with a PC company already using Intel chips.

Remember this thread?. Or this one?