Saturday June 04, 2005
Saturday June 04, 2005
OS X on Intel Chips
There's a lot of rumors flying around now about Apple switching to Intel chips. Somewhat credible sources: Scoble, Gizmodo and CNET. The rumor I like even better is the (less credible) PowerBook G5s. IMO, Apple should switch to Intel, but stay in the hardware business. I'm still willing to pay for a kick-ass aluminum PowerBook - but I'd love it to be twice as fast as my current one (this is where Intel comes in).
Speaking of PowerBooks, it looks like I've got a buyer for the one I bought in Norway. I'm going to lose about $500 on the deal, but it's better than having two PowerBooks when I only need one.
Posted in Mac OS X
at Jun 04 2005, 02:35:06 PM MDT
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Posted by Hussein Morsy on June 05, 2005 at 05:35 AM MDT #
I'm not convinced that moving to Intel will improve performance. Keep in mind that Intel's mobile Pentium is much slower (and smaller, and cooler) than the P4 used in desktops. They seem to be in the 1.2 - 1.8 GHz range. Since the G4 in your PowerBook is a RISC chip, it's probably not significantly slower than the high-end Pentium M, even though the clock speed is considerably lower.
I don't own a Mac yet, but the dual 2.8GHz G5's sure seem to be fast when I play with them at the Apple Store. :)
Posted by kelzer on June 06, 2005 at 08:16 AM MDT #
I guess it's official.
Hussen: I'd be really surprised if Apple would ever let OS-X run on non-Apple hardware. At the very least, I'm sure you'll need an Apple ROM to run it.
Posted by kelzer on June 06, 2005 at 01:02 PM MDT #