matt_shaw said:
this is bullshit. i want the amd chips in the macs
intel chips based on Yonah mobile chip yielded almost as good scores than amd64 x2 desktop chips.
http://www.anandtech.com/printarticle.aspx?i=2627
matt_shaw said:
but still AMD is 92050258084639760x ahead of intel. from what i can gather apple only went with intel because they could produce the chips alot faster
Not to mention Intel can do the internals for Apple as well. AFAIK AMD doesnt do anything else but chip design in-house. AMD outsources mainboard chipsets to 3rd parties.
chaos386 said:
Intel is also in a much better position to provide marketing support and to help in the transition of software from PPC-based code to x86-based code.
AFAIK Apple didnt opt for Intel's marketing money to keep the aesthetic value of Macs clear of stickers.
chaos386 said:
Rrrrr, I just saw them now and tried to edit my post in time. When I checked earlier today I was redirected to the old site or something. :?
EDIT: I have to say, $1,300 does not seem like a bad price for those iMacs. Especially when they come with integrated widescreen displays and DVD burners.
Dont forget the remove & integrated webcam. Do PC desktops from Dell have integrated WiFi?
monkeymax said:
I just wonder if anyone is actually gonna bother with the G5 version anymore? The Intel version is going to be the same price, isn't it? Okay, it means you have to wait a month but I reckon most people would given the obvious advantages (well, those who know about anything computers)...
Edit: No G5 iMacs available on the UK Online Apple Store... And once again the price is quite inflated compared to the US Store... I wonder if this has always been their practice? (200 pound difference this time on the lower end one)
I read somewhere that apple's just waiting for their PowerPC-based Powerbooks & iMac to run out. There are still a lot of people who're paranoid with Rosetta not working as well as apps under native hardware.
flyingfridge said:
I love the marketing spin. After years of saying their processors are as good as intels and AMDs only 934213987x slower, mac seems to admit their processors were shite:
You?ve dreamed about it long enough. Now it has a name: MacBook Pro. Powered by a dual-core Intel engine. Up to four times the speed of the PowerBook G4. Eight times the graphics bandwidth.
Clock per clock Intel P4s and older are slower than PowerPCs.
Clock per clock G5s are 2-3x slower than Intel Core Duo.
Clock per clock Intel P4s and older are slower Intel Core Duo.
Intel Core Duo are derived from Pentium Ms. These Pentium Ms are acknowledged as being better than P4s on a clock per clock basis.
hokiethang said:
andyhui01 said:
This is probably quite a stupid question... but since its running on intel chips, is it possible to run windows on it now?
Yes,
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10794396/from/RS.3/
but I have no idea why anyone would want to run windows on it, when you get OS X with it.
AutoCAD? Games? Viruses?
zenkidori said:
^seriously^
On the flipside there is work being done on running OSX on PCs
I doubt the project will prosper seeming Apple's giving away FREE iMacs to developers who availed of the Developer Transition Kit that was reelased last June.
This means hacking the officiall OS X on Intel will have to be done from scratch & will be limited to hackers.
andyhui01 said:
is it going to be as simple as just installing windows on a normal computer?
One way to find out...
Apple's using EFI to handle the boot chores instead of Flash BIOS. I heard though that Intel creaated a BIOS emulator for backward compatibility. It's up to Apple if they'll do that.
Dont expect driver or any type of support from Apple on how to install Windows on their hardware. It just doesnt make sense to them.
flyingfridge said:
OSX is such a stupid operating system. It's useless. Sure it looks nice and there's plenty of eye candy, but macs have never been intuitive and never do what u want them to do.
Mac: Crash Different.
OS X is touted to be designed as an OS your grandma can use without bothering you with a phonecall. If you find it hard to use...
matt_shaw said:
its a magnet. wtf could go wrong?
You'd need an industrial strength magnet to mess modern computers. The latch on all Mac laptops have small magnets to keep the lid close. It doesnt mess with Macs at all.
http://images.apple.com/movies/us/apple/intel/intel20060110_h.640.mov
I've not been this annoyed with Apple for a while. I was going to have to wait till I got back from snowboarding next month as it was, but now it seems I'll likely have to wait till Summer before I can afford one... 
