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  • Quote: Originally posted by Mandricard Or has Apple bought the x86 architecture whole-hog? They've bought into the x86 ISA at least. I'm certain they'll be engineering their own motherboards for a while though so aside from the chip the hardwa…
    in Apple confirms switch to Intel Comment by applerisc June 2005
  • Just as an interesting side note for the technically inclined: there's some interesting stuff in usr/include/mach-o/fat.h and arch.h (it's been around for a long time, of course), for anyone interested in how the whole FAT binary thing works. For…
    in Apple confirms switch to Intel Comment by applerisc June 2005
  • Quote: Originally posted by cmatech Well - I didn't get it because it had a PPC in it. I have never bothered to research the instruction set of the PPC. I don't need to. I just don't care what is inside as long as it works. Which still isn't a…
    in Apple confirms switch to Intel Comment by applerisc June 2005
  • Quote: Originally posted by sunilraman 12. i feel for the developers, but i do believe that in the long run this will encourage longer-term thinking when developing code, and provide a more robust and wider market base for those talented develop…
    in Apple confirms switch to Intel Comment by applerisc June 2005
  • I hate x86, not for religious reasons but because I think the architecture is outdated. Anyone who's ever written x86 and PowerPC assembler knows the differences. However, I can't change Apple's decision. Given the sheer insanity of this move, it mu…
    in Apple confirms switch to Intel Comment by applerisc June 2005
  • Quote: Originally posted by blue2kdave I won't bother with technical reasons, because they are not neccessary. Is it, perhaps, because you have no technical reasons? Just like Steve Jobs gave no technical reasons or any insight into this sup…
    in Apple confirms switch to Intel Comment by applerisc June 2005
  • Quote: Originally posted by UnixPoet Oh shut up! Stop being religious about it will ya? If its good enough for Steve its obviously good enough for you It has nothing to do with religion. I happen to think that RISC architectures are technolog…
    in Apple confirms switch to Intel Comment by applerisc June 2005
  • Quote: Originally posted by akhomerun 1. Intel has the best encoding on the market. even without altivec, apple encoding will still be way faster I hope you're right, because if I have to take a performance hit I'll be pissed. Quote: 2. …
    in Apple confirms switch to Intel Comment by applerisc June 2005
  • Quote: Originally posted by inslider I wonder if you will be able to install them both at the same time and choose which to use at startup/bios. I doubt there will be a BIOS. There's no reason Open Firmware can't work with an x86 chip and the…
    in Apple confirms switch to Intel Comment by applerisc June 2005
  • http://www.apple.com/powermac/performance/ The irony is great. Steve has become a real clown lately.
    in Apple confirms switch to Intel Comment by applerisc June 2005
  • I never thought I'd say this, but I think Steve Jobs has completely lost his mind. He spewed a pile of bovine manure this morning about Intel's "great roadmap," yet of course failed to actually provide any details. He did no speed comparisons betwee…
    in Apple confirms switch to Intel Comment by applerisc June 2005