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Encryption would also be a good application of 64bit computing. Security concerns being at the level they are these days.
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So far as I understand it all the benchmark scores and even possibly the Mhz rating of the first chips to come off the line have been expressed by IBM engineers as "conservative" estimates. i don't have a link for the document that I saw on that but…
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The idea that an early announcement would kill current PM sales is certainly a valid one but I also think the there is a lot of pressure for such an announcement as well. I wish I kept more of these links but I recall finding an artical about high e…
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BTW does anybody know exactly what is wrong with the Motorola fab? I would think that these yield problems would extend to their entire line of processors including the embedded ones and be very bad for business. Is it lack of good talent? Is it …
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[quote] Not true. Speeds up to 3.2 Gigabit will be possible at up to 4.5 meters with the 9-pin connector Apple has provided. 3.2 Gigabit FireWire has not been released yet, however. My bad. The Maccentral story was a little confusing but I hadn'…
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A new Maccentral story seems to indicate that the faster speeds are possible with firewire 800 but that it would require a fiber optic connector and cable rather than the connector included on the new Powerbooks. It seems that the faster speeds are …
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There are plenty of technical reasons why Pentiums would be a bad choice. The most important is heat and power. Apple has some of the finest portable systems available but this in part because both IBM and Motorola design chips with a lot of emphasi…
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This just in... The Palmdale shopping mall has just been bombed by 970 based Powermacs!
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Considering the manners of the poster, are we sure that Macluv didnt start this thread? Just a theory.... Anyway I just have to refute this. [quote] Mac platform lacks apps and file formats are not compatible Have you ever heard of Qui…
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It may well be that Apple told IBM "We need this chip yesterday, so we'll be satisfied with a 130nm chip for now." Otherwise I think we would have seen a later release date and higher speeds.
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look first of all if Intel doesn't tackle the heat issue the Mhz rating won't mean much. A P4 3.06 with HT enabled can consume 105 Watts. That's insane! How much efficiency could they possibly get from going to 90nm if they are also going to increas…
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[quote] You'd still have the hardware and OS integration that Apple is famed for. no that's incorrect. below is a portion of an artical on
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A recompile of a UNIX OS would probably be just an annoyance for me but it would scare my wife half to death and my Dad would never get it done. People that use Linux and Solaris are geeky and computer savy enough to do this but how many Apple custo…
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This disscussion is already taking place in another thread in regards to the last rumor to come out about Marklar but I'll say the same thing here. Actually switching to x86 rathar than offering OSX for x86 and calling it good would kill Apple's por…
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uhh guys, this artical doesn't say Apple is switching away from PPC to x86 it's saying that they are basically considering the same strategy as they had for Rahpsody. One version for Apple built PPC and one for x86 boxes. It appears that the ide…
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The 970 is faster hardware not to mention more scalable hardware. BTW the idea of recreating what formed the PC industry in the first place is impossible. In order for Apple to form business partnerships with other PC makers means stealing clien…
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what I was trying to point out was that die sizes have increased not set records for smallness. The record being set by the Itanium. Yes you are right that the P4 3.06Ghz chip runs around 82 Watts however as I thought I clearly stated with HT enable…
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Macluv you seem to be making a supreme effort to show faith in Intel to continue the progress they have made in the last few years. I have tried to explain in technical terms that they are starting to show cracks in their ability to continue to be a…
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Well remember with 64 bit procs the advantage is with addressable memory and larger integers for number crunching. Therefore most code is fine. Your mostly dealing with variable types. This can requrie a little fixing or just a recompile depending…
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As some have hinted at in their posts the reason that many say that 64 bit desktop computing won't amount to much of an an advance in performancefor the platform is that the percentage of desktop users that use the apps that would benifit is debate…