It's true! Apple go x86!!!! :-o

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mdma wrote:

lorddef wrote:
So does this mean that the G4 chip I've been looking to get for my beige G3 will be cheaper now  :lol:

Dam I'm such a c*nt!

Second hand G4 laptops will be cheap on ebay in the next few days methinks!

I likes the sound of that!

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mdma wrote:

whabang wrote:
If this isn't the final nail in the coffin of the PPC-market, then I don't know what...
Now all we need is Dell and Gateway making Mac-clones! :-D

I'd love it if Compaq did to Apple what they did to IBM 20 years ago! :-D

It wouldn't be quite the same... Apple would still be able to sell their OS to the clone users :-)

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SHADES wrote:
@all

I hate to spread fear but I'm a little worried!

How the heck do Apple expect to compete for the desktop market share of x86 opperating systems!. They will be in direct competition for the same userbase as Microsoft now.

People have kept on saying this... but Apple already competes in the desktop market... the use of a CPU is totally irrelevant...

people kept on saying, if Amiga went x86 it would die due to windows competiton... IT ALREADY HAS WINDOWS COMPETITION!!

Apple changing CPU's is only relevant to the MAc User, who wants to know if their hardware/software will still be supported a few years down the line.

For Apple (if they can make the transition smooth), this will be a massive step forward... cheap powerful hardware + MacOS X + great case designs.

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T_Bone wrote:
> perhaps OS5 will still end up on X86 as well,

I don't have the heart to update him on current events.
 :-(

I'll leave it at "perhaps..."

Maybe by "OS5" he means AROS? :-D

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Lastly, Intel is done with 32 bit X86 CPU. All future processors from intel are to be 64 bit and they did that over the past weekend. http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1827984,00.asp

AMD's 64bits... ;-)