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This is really beginning to make sense now....
1. MS got into bed with IBM to produce the processor for the Xbox2, That's not just ten fold more processors than Apple it's going to be almost 100 fold.
2. MS actually own the design (IP) for the GPU, maybe this is also true for the Processor too. Where exactly does that leave Apple, IBM are making one mother of a PPC processor for MS that has many features which cannot be used by Apple now due to IP restrictions.
3. The battle for the desktop processor was fought and won a long time ago. Intel won that. Period. AMD were always a bit player, VIA & IBM even less so.
4. The next battle is for the living room. Holy cow Intel must be bricking it to say the least! MS, The big N and Sony are all using PPC processor tech. That's serious volume sales people. Intel would dearly love to find a new bed fellow for the new fight..... Apple may well be that fellow, no one else seems to be interested.
5. The rumour goes that MS intend sell a desktop type xbox2 at some point.... Probably some kind of box that can do all the digital media stuff 99% people want to do plus play games AND more than likely run some kind of Office application. Wow a closed MS platform without Intel or AMD playing the game..........
6. Intel have already dropped a hint that OS X is more secure than Windows, hell they even said in a round about way buy a Mac if you want security NOW but in a couple of years we'll be safe too.... Iif that ain't a hint Intel will end up in Apple boxes I don't know what is.
7. Intel could well be sick of all the bad virus press that the MS/Intel love-in has caused, think about it... The average Joe thinks a computer runs Windows and has an Intel processor, and what do people hate about computers - it's the Spyware and Virus's
just my 2 cents ;-)
Thingi
This is really beginning to make sense now....
1. MS got into bed with IBM to produce the processor for the Xbox2, That's not just ten fold more processors than Apple it's going to be almost 100 fold.
2. MS actually own the design (IP) for the GPU, maybe this is also true for the Processor too. Where exactly does that leave Apple, IBM are making one mother of a PPC processor for MS that has many features which cannot be used by Apple now due to IP restrictions.
3. The battle for the desktop processor was fought and won a long time ago. Intel won that. Period. AMD were always a bit player, VIA & IBM even less so.
4. The next battle is for the living room. Holy cow Intel must be bricking it to say the least! MS, The big N and Sony are all using PPC processor tech. That's serious volume sales people. Intel would dearly love to find a new bed fellow for the new fight..... Apple may well be that fellow, no one else seems to be interested.
5. The rumour goes that MS intend sell a desktop type xbox2 at some point.... Probably some kind of box that can do all the digital media stuff 99% people want to do plus play games AND more than likely run some kind of Office application. Wow a closed MS platform without Intel or AMD playing the game..........
6. Intel have already dropped a hint that OS X is more secure than Windows, hell they even said in a round about way buy a Mac if you want security NOW but in a couple of years we'll be safe too.... Iif that ain't a hint Intel will end up in Apple boxes I don't know what is.
7. Intel could well be sick of all the bad virus press that the MS/Intel love-in has caused, think about it... The average Joe thinks a computer runs Windows and has an Intel processor, and what do people hate about computers - it's the Spyware and Virus's
just my 2 cents ;-)
Thingi