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cahult

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Apple not going with PPC, and not with x86!
« on: 4 March 2003, 13:33 »
I just had a thought. There have been lots of rumours lately about Apple leaving the PPC show for x86, AMD to be precise. Personally, I think that would be a great disappointment for all of us, Apple and AMD included.

No, I think Apple is going somewhere else. They might jump on the IBM bandwagon. Their new Power processor is akin to the PPC but not quite the same, so I
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Apple not going with PPC, and not with x86!
« Reply #2 on: 5 March 2003, 15:36 »
Maybe the high end system's will use the ibm cpu's and the iMacs will use the amd cpu's.

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« Reply #3 on: 5 March 2003, 16:06 »
but that would be two completely different architectures. wouldnt that be hell on software developers?? they would have to write not one, but two versions of their software for the mac platform, i dont know.....

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« Reply #4 on: 5 March 2003, 16:58 »
If the Apple people were to work with AMD it would certainly not be something like x86 but something new. Are there alternatives to CISC and RISC?
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« Reply #5 on: 10 March 2003, 22:18 »
*cough fat binarys cough*
x86: a hack on a hack of a hackway
alpha, hewlett packed it A-way
ppc: the fruity way
mips: the graphical way
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Apple not going with PPC, and not with x86!
« Reply #6 on: 11 March 2003, 21:59 »
quote:
Originally posted by cahult:
If the Apple people were to work with AMD it would certainly not be something like x86 but something new. Are there alternatives to CISC and RISC?


You don't produce a quality chip in a year.

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Apple not going with PPC, and not with x86!
« Reply #7 on: 12 March 2003, 05:38 »
What about AMD's 64 bit hammer stuff?  IT has x86 compatibility but it's not just a souped up x86 chip.
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