I'm over it. Are you?

[cfleck]

So I was quite disturbed by the Intel announcement the other day, but I'm over it. I'll accept it and so long as Apple continues to make a better product than the other guys, I'll continue to buy.

I just started this thread to give everyone else a chance to "redeem" themselves, so to speak. If you made a comment or 5 that you've since gotten over regarding this issue, feel free to post. Its like AA only not at all. Group support!

[Lt Major Burns]

i've accepted it. PowerPC failed to measure up. Long live the faster Macs! (i'm going to call it a Mac just to wind up HomunQlus)

[lbj]

No kidding. It's a chip folks, nothing more, nothing less.

The PPC chip made my Cube/iBook/iMacs no more a Mac than did their respective power cords.

[fjdouse]

I am caught between two views. I accept it because I have no choice. I think people who are just saying it's a chip issue may not realise fully the implications yet.

[lilbandit]

More worried about Ireland qualifying for the World Cup in Germany next year, I spent €4000 on a 1994 Mercedes s-class to drive there next year with a group of friends. Some machine, it has armoured windows! Long story short, Ireland drew 0-0 against Israel and kissed goodbye to qualification. Now I've got a 4.0 litre armoured tank sitting in my driveway with nowhere to go!!!

[Fred-Leonard]

Originally Posted by cfleck

So I was quite disturbed by the Intel announcement the other day, but I'm over it. I'll accept it and so long as Apple continues to make a better product than the other guys, I'll continue to buy.

I just started this thread to give everyone else a chance to "redeem" themselves, so to speak. If you made a comment or 5 that you've since gotten over regarding this issue, feel free to post. Its like AA only not at all. Group support!

It depends if the rumor is true.
I have heard it will be a x86 pentium.
If this is the case, GOODBYE APPLE!

If Intel is going to just manufacture the next G6 chip and take over where IBM left off, then it will be OK, but if Steve Jobs has gone senile and decided to use an x86, it's all over!

Look at all of the articles on Apple's own Web site. The G5 kills the Pentium.
Anyone who knows about the internal workings of the chips knows why.
The x86 chip has to bank-select like mad and it takes many more clock cycles to accomplish what can be done in less than half on a modern Mac chip.

What about the 4GB maximum RAM barrier?, no linear memory access?, IRQ's?, and everything else we hate abount the PC? (Ever try to put more than 4GB RAM in an Intel server?)

This would be a 20 year leap backwards!
The PowerMac is a true SuperComputer, the fastest are running near 20 gigaflops. The Intel PCs can't even come close.

Hopefully the Pentium rumor if false.
If it turns out to be true, anyone want to buy a PowerBook? I will be switching to a Sony laptop.

[imajoebob]

I'm in tune with Fred. If it's simply an "Intel Inside" for Apple I'll (try to) keep an open mind. If it's just more x86 garbage then this two year-old PowerBook will have to last a long time. I understand about the frustration with speed, but since a 2.5GHz PPC still runs circles around a 3.5 Pentium, what's the problem? And the Pentium hasn't had more than a 10% increase in speed in the last year, has it? And the G5 is a stable, proven 64-bit chip. Name three people running 64-bit Intel.

My sinister side says that Jobs is just ticked off at IBM for not making the speed hurdle. If Apple had been able to come out with an XServer with a 4 or 5GHz G5, there wouldn't be an Intel server installed on the planet.

[imajoebob]

By the way Fred, don't get a Sony. The VAIO is almost as pretty as an Apple, but about as sturdy as a 1973 Fiat. I've smacked, whacked, kicked, and even dropped this poor PowerBook off a 4-foot tabletop with no noteable damage (except to my nerves). With a VAIO that's called the "Doorstop Manouever."