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Old 08-15-2005, 01:05 PM   #10
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Originally Posted by TadW
Let's see it from the positive side: Apple is going to switch over to x86.
Lets be clear on this one point.. Steve never said he was moving to x86, he consistently said he was moving to Intel. Yes, Intel provides x86 today, but they've also mentioned the desire to move away from it, but remain backwards-compatible. The WWDC keynote never mentioned their future roadmap and x86 in the same sentence. It may be x86 in the very short term, but if Apple survives the piracy, it probably will not be x86 in the longer term (3-5 years).

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Don't worry about the performance of Motorola PowerMacs... they are already passé.
...for running OSX, I'd agree. Have you seen how blazingly-fast Linux is on a dual G5? It blows any suitable Intel machine so far out of the water, it isn't even funny. Run Bonnie or iobench on it and see for yourself...
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