Intel gives in on 64 bit chips "for the rest of us"

and for crying out loud it is the New York Times!
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Ever see the corrections lists on the NYT? As a journalist, the Times' reputation is spotty. The Pulitzers were deserved for the 9-11 packages, but so were the brickbats for the Jayson Blair scandal.
That said, nice of Intel to say so. :)
 
As a responsible "consumer" of news, the NYTimes is only one of many resources I view almost every day! :) Any way, the main issue I was implying is every time I post a NYTimes link, people whine about the registration. It is no big deal.
 
Hmm that was a bit dissappointing, i guess the whole world revolves around intel/AMD, i loved the little apple blurb though.....<irritated></irritated>
 
WeeZer51402 said:
Hmm that was a bit dissappointing, i guess the whole world revolves around intel/AMD, i loved the little apple blurb though.....<irritated></irritated>
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Exactly - it was sort of an, "Oh and by the way Macs have had this for a while..." Wasn't Apple ahead on 32 bit chips too?
 
Lisa and early Macintosh computers used the 16bit 68000 processor. The Macintosh II (68020) had a 32bit data path but was not '32bit clean', whatever that means. The Mac II also was quite a beast at its time (first 'headless Mac') and quite expensive.
 
fryke said:
Lisa and early Macintosh computers used the 16bit 68000 processor. The Macintosh II (68020) had a 32bit data path but was not '32bit clean', whatever that means. The Mac II also was quite a beast at its time (first 'headless Mac') and quite expensive.
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I remember panting over one of those Mac IIs - I think it was about $8000!!! Thank God I didn't have the spare cash at the time! Not that I have a spare $8000 these days either!!! :)
 
Hey Octane - I liked the second article and the discussion on marketing of PCs. That made me wonder, what Apple really needs is a chip like the Intel equipped PC laptops with "mobile technology." Why doesn't Apple have "mobile technology" in their chips!? ;)
 
karavite said:
Hey Octane - I liked the second article and the discussion on marketing of PCs. That made me wonder, what Apple really needs is a chip like the Intel equipped PC laptops with "mobile technology." Why doesn't Apple have "mobile technology" in their chips!? ;)
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Well, your question is in need of a two-part response. First up, the CPU that Apple use in their laptops pretty much are mobile-optimized .. they use bugger-all power compared to Intel chips. So it's taken Intel over a decade to catch up with Apple / IBM / Motorola.

The Centrino chip set is just that; a set of chips, rather than everything being crammed into one chip.

As always, if I'm wrong on some of the points covered here, please resist the temptation of formulating a reply in the style of: 'No you dumb-ass! You're totally f@*%ing wrong! it's actually...'

Thank you... :D
 
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