Subject: Re: Apple switches to intel -- welcome to the 'historic section', port-macppc
To: None <port-macppc@NetBSD.org>
From: Jonathan Essex <jonathan.essex@iquality.co.uk>
List: port-macppc
Date: 06/06/2005 22:00:14
Try

http://www4.macnn.com/macnn/wwdc/05/

re P4/ia32, think it's all about portable devices & mips per watt...  
G5 is a great processor for workstations, but... Personally I'm  
betting the first intel-based Macs are portable.


On 6 Jun 2005, at 21:49, Peter Hessler wrote:

> On Mon, Jun 06, 2005 at 03:43:17PM -0400, Jeffrey Hergan wrote:
>
> :Is it fact that Apple is switching to Intel or is it only rumor?
> :And wouldn't Intel be able to make a PPC chip?
>
> Fact. Apple is switching to the Pentium4 (although why they are going
> to ia32, rather than to amd64/emt64, doesn't make any sense to me).
>
> Intel could, but Apple chose to go x86.
>
> :Thanks for any info--I've been searching for links, but haven't found
> :anything conclusive.
>
> http://www.macrumorslive.com/web/
>
> http://www.thinksecret.com
>
> Slashdot has a link too.
>
> :
> :Jeff
>