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Operating Systems => macOS => Topic started by: Kintaro on 30 August 2005, 12:32

Title: Apple To Use PowerPC until 2008 on low end systems
Post by: Kintaro on 30 August 2005, 12:32

http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/business/12492493.htm

Title: Re: Apple To Use PowerPC until 2008 on low end systems
Post by: worker201 on 30 August 2005, 20:31

1 vote for bin - you have to register with Mercury to read the article.

Title: Re: Apple To Use PowerPC until 2008 on low end systems
Post by: Laukev7 on 30 August 2005, 21:01

Quote from: worker201

1 vote for bin - you have to register with Mercury to read the article.

http://www.bugmenot.com/

Title: Re: Apple To Use PowerPC until 2008 on low end systems
Post by: WMD on 30 August 2005, 21:28

If you read the article, it says that they just secured orders through 2008.  It doesn't mean they'll keep making machines that way...they could be for contracts and warranty replacements.

Title: Re: Apple To Use PowerPC until 2008 on low end systems
Post by: Kintaro on 1 September 2005, 19:40

Possibly, however I think certain die hard Apple fans would prefer to pay extra for a PowerPC system.

Title: Re: Apple To Use PowerPC until 2008 on low end systems
Post by: worker201 on 1 September 2005, 21:49

Well, call me crazy, but I'd rather have a G4 than a Celeron any day of the week and twice on Tuesdays.

Intel has made a business of scamming customers with high processor rates and low bus rates, and crippled processors that use math emulation.  I don't want such shit on my Mac.

Title: Re: Apple To Use PowerPC until 2008 on low end systems
Post by: Lead Head on 2 September 2005, 00:29

i am running on a 2GHz Hypertransport link. Even the AMD seprons destry the celerons in the benchmarks

Title: Re: Apple To Use PowerPC until 2008 on low end systems
Post by: WMD on 2 September 2005, 01:03

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Intel has made a business of scamming customers with high processor rates and low bus rates,

Apple/Freescale does that too - anything G4 these days.