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BigBlackEquus
Joined: 05 Jul 2005
Location: Lotte controls Asia with bad chocolate!
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 Posted: Sat Jan 21, 2006 6:44 pm Post subject: Everyone is dumping old Apple notebooks |
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Anyone else noticed how many people are dumping their old Apple Powerbooks, etc., lately?
Me thinks they are too proud to admit they want one of the new ones with an Intel processor that works better with Windows stuff??? |
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Wrench
Joined: 07 Apr 2005
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| Posted: Sat Jan 21, 2006 10:12 pm Post subject: |
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| PPC is a dead end architecture it has been for some time now and apple new it. Now mac Zealots are realizing it as well. |
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dandoeskorea
Joined: 10 Apr 2005
Location: London
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| Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2006 12:34 am Post subject: |
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If anyone is for that reason BBE they shouldn't, as the processor switch was made not for software reasons, but because IBM could never produce a dual-core G5 processor for Apple that would work in their notebooks without overheating or consuming too much power. That's why the larger Power Mac will still - for the time being at least - use IBM's dual-core processor, while the smaller and thinner MacBook and iMac switch to intel.
The switch to intel will bring an improvement in performance, but won't allow Windows based applications to automatically run on a Mac. Microsoft has announced that they'll still produce a Mac version of Office, but for actual Windows based applications a Mac would need to have Virtual PC installed to run them. The same as has always been, even with IBM's processor. |
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