Originally posted by: irwincur
Why do all you geeks have to make everything into a Star (Dork) Wars discussion...
Was that really necessary?
It is pretty simple. Apple was having problems with IBM meeting their demands.
nobody denied that
The thought probably was, well AMD could do the job,
AFAIK, they never said a word about AMD, and I kind of dubt that AMD could do the job (in terms of manufacturing not chip performance)
but Intel will be a) a lot less expensive
probably not, I suspect that AMD could not charge more, since intel's prices are more or less set by market forces (since the k6-2 came along and ended intel's chip price gouging monopoly all those years ago)
and b) much more reliable.
I assume you mean as a manufacutrer, which I agree with, but if you mean a more reliable computer? Don't start
Why drop IBM and move to a company that offers what could be viewed as less reliability.
This makes me think that you mean that AMD CPUs are less reliable. Remember, apple is going to be making their own chipset anyway (to lock out Windows/lock OSX to their systems). I don't think which CPU manufacturer they choose matters to the end consumer, since apple machines aren't going to have 'intel inside' on the box....90% of apple useres probably have no clue what a G5 is, so and AMD Athlon would be effectively the same. This is not a consideration either
Personally I like AMD more than Intel, however, when making a life or death decision, you go with the guys who are at the top.
No, you go with the company that fits your needs, in Apple's case this was intel, befote yesterday, it was IBM
Now, I think that Apple could have maintained their fake countercultre marketing BS if they had gone with AMD, and they would have had a better performing chip.
Big fan of apple, I see. I agree that they sell image, but they're a corporation, just like any other
However, there is also a huge advantage to just conforming.
Wiat...see your own last statement
I believe that Intel also is playing a large part in this as they have hit a point with Dell where Dell is actually the more powerful partner in the relationship.
I disagree. Dell may be approaching a monopsony on the chip supply, but Intel is the only company that can even BEGIN to supply their demands. Dell couldn't switch to AMD if they wanted to. AMD just can't manufacture chips fast enough to supply dell.
Apple could be Intel's hedge against Dell going AMD. With this announcement I would also greatly increase the chances of Dell finally going AMD with some products. Kind of a pay back for stabbing them in the back.
Companies rerely play this kind of game. The $$ are simply too big to refuse a contract, and don't see how dell would be even slightly annoyed by this move 
Whatever the case this really does not mean all that much to Intel. It means about the same to AMD. This market never existed, and it is small, so there is not much to lose.
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