| Well I feel like I've actually MOVED! ;o) [message #60888] |
Sat, 03 December 2005 07:07  |
Kim
Messages: 1246
Registered: October 2005
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>>>>>laptop to put Debian on it as I am happy to wipe XP Home of my (soon
>to
>>>
>>> be
>>>
>>>>>delivered) HP laptop to put Debian on it. One thing I do find highly
>dubious
>>>>>is
>>>>>
>>>>>######################################
>>>>>The analyst also fueled rumors of an even closer relationship forming
>>>
>>> between
>>>
>>>>>Apple and Intel, saying there are indications that the two companies
>may
>>>>>be working together on a custom microprocessor chip-set that would appear
>>>>>only in Apple systems.
>>>>>#####################################
>>>>>
>>>>>It wouldn't surprise me if Apple has a "chipset" that is unique in that
>>>
>>> it
>>>
>>>>>uses a bunch of commodity parts put together in a way that nothing else
>>>
>>> does,
>>>
>>>>>or it might have some embedded graphics or whatnot. But the whole point
>>>
>>> of
>>>
>>>>>Intel Mac is getting margins back up by reducing costs on the hardware
>>>
>>> end,
>>>
>>>>>and a truly proprietary chipset will cost an enormous amount of money
>>>
>>> for
>>>
>>>>>a company with such a small market share. That doesn't seem to make
sense
>>>>>unless they word "chipset" is being used in a different way than we
geeks
>>>>>use it.
>>>>>
>>>>>Does anyone know about the development issues? How easy/tough will it
>>>
>>> be
>>>
>>>>>to port apps over to the Intel Macs? From real sources, not marketing
>>>
>>> people?
>>>
>>>>>I'm guessing it will be fairly easy as long as developers have been
playing
>>>>>by the rules.
>>>>>
>>>>>TCB
>>>>>
>>>
>>>
>TCB wrote...
"and are known as "best of breed" by the purchasing public."
I don't think that's quite accurate any more...Apple are under investigation
here, (Oz), for faulty ipods, Broken screens, DOA etc, and not honouring the
warranties.
I'm sure they have the same problem in the US.
Also the sound quality is inferior to many of it's competitors, (cheaper
ones at that.)
They just happen to have major marketing hype.
it must work, iPods were the Xmas gift of choice here.
There's going to be a lot of disappointed kids out there.
--
Martin Harrington
www.lendanear-sound.com
"TCB" <nobody@ishere.com> wrote in message news:43b2a21b$1@linux...
>
> "James McCloskey" <excelsm@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>http://www.appleinsider.com/article.php?id=1431
>
> Makes a lot of sense, especially if Apple is realizing now (a few years
> after
> a lot of us) that they're an iPod company dressed up as a desktop computer
> manufacturer. Their consumer electronics are high margin, have an enviable
> market share, and are known as "best of breed" by the purchasing public.
> The computers they make are the precise opposite. If they get their
> hardware
> costs in line I'm all for it--I'd be just as happy to wipe OS X off of a
> laptop to put Debian o
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