Also, as Steve pointed out he's concerned with performance per watt,
Performance per watt is all fine, and dandy in the Mini, iMac, iBook and PowerBook, and probably some unannounced products that were unfathomable with the PPC, and I'm sure SJ would like to get low watts, and higher performance than the current Xeons in the next workstations, but I think users are more concerned about performance, not performance per watt when it comes to a high-end desktop.
Apple will probably "dumb down" the Intel names, ostensibly to make them cooler sounding and easier to remember, but in reality to make them more difficult for shoppers to directly compare to Wintel boxes.
I don't care what Apple calls them, I just want Apple to offer the very best Intel has to offer. How pathetic will it be if Apple puts something other than the fastest desktop CPU into the Powermacs? Or if Apple outfits the Powerbooks with a midrange Pentium M and doesn't even offer the high end Pentium M in any laptop? I could totally see Apple doing this, since they always seem to be 8-16 months behind the Wintels on motherboard architecture, hard and optical drives, etc.
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Picture a double page spread in the Economist or what have you...
sorry the books are pixled....but, well, NDA and all..
Originally posted by ChevalierMalFet
Also, as Steve pointed out he's concerned with performance per watt,
Performance per watt is all fine, and dandy in the Mini, iMac, iBook and PowerBook, and probably some unannounced products that were unfathomable with the PPC, and I'm sure SJ would like to get low watts, and higher performance than the current Xeons in the next workstations, but I think users are more concerned about performance, not performance per watt when it comes to a high-end desktop.
Did not know this but-
Digitimes has revealed that Yonah, Intels forhtocming dual core mobile cpu is called the "X" series. Sounds interesting.
http://www.digitimes.com/mobos/a20050609A2006.html
Powerbook X50. That has a decent ring to it.
I don't care what Apple calls them, I just want Apple to offer the very best Intel has to offer. How pathetic will it be if Apple puts something other than the fastest desktop CPU into the Powermacs? Or if Apple outfits the Powerbooks with a midrange Pentium M and doesn't even offer the high end Pentium M in any laptop? I could totally see Apple doing this, since they always seem to be 8-16 months behind the Wintels on motherboard architecture, hard and optical drives, etc.