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TameasDust	Date: June 13, 2005 @ 1:15 AM Apple is going Intel .... Some apple software will be obsolete until it is recoded on the new systems ... So will Apple become another clone system in the world of nameless computers?
shadowself	Date: June 13, 2005 @ 6:44 AM Wasn't Apple the first heavily cloned computer?
creativetim	Date: June 13, 2005 @ 1:01 PM apple has, or is creating, a way for apple software to be compiled for x86 or their power pc chip. the move to intel is smart because ibm wasn't doing what they said they would. it's also going to create some heavy competition for windows, or at least i hope.
Northnoise	Date: July 25, 2005 @ 10:28 PM General note: Apple has trademarked the term 'Mactel'. It should be interesting, but it won't make any difference to most users, we will just get faster Macs, for (hopefully) a lower cost. Intel gives big price breaks to companies who go all-Intel. Apple has been using the Intel chips for years now in the iPod. This is one obvious reason, not to mention that IBM can't make a faster chip in time for Apple. IBM has the XBox 360 and the Playstation 3 to make chips for, I'm sure Apple was the last thing on their minds. Good move for Apple. Yes, Mac OS X has been running on Intel chips, in secret, for the past four years. Pretty impressive. TameasDust: no, Apple won't become another beige-box clone company. Mac OS X for Mactel will not run on any other PC but the ones Apple sells. It will be the same as ever for most of us. (Unless you're a developer, in which case you will have to spend a couple of hours with the new Developer Tools) As well, all your current software will run just fine. There is a built-in PowerPC to Mactel translator ('Rosetta')that is extremely fast, so that should work fine until all the major software labs release Mactel versions of everything. Shadowself: no, Apple allowed clones from about 1996-1998. When Steve Jobs came back, he killed the clone licensing, as Motorola, StarMax, power Computing, etc. were all using crappy compnents that tended to break down and sully the 'Mac experience'. Clones were happening for years before that, since the mid-80s.
SpicoliInc	Date: August 13, 2005 @ 1:14 AM I'm really interested in seeing what will happen with this. I love my Mac and if this improves it, so be it. I just hope that Apple keeps their originality and "feel" of their machines, that's what draws me to them.
LiQuidMetamo...	Date: January 23, 2006 @ 12:23 AM Apple will finally be able to release a powerful 'powerbook' as the G4 processor is really showing it's age and the G5 can't be used (in laptops) as it generates mucho heat. I bought a windows laptop because it's 3.2 Ghz speed paired with 7200 rpm drive and 1GB memory for less than the top line powerbook absolutely beat the pants off the powerbook with my DAW (and generally everything) I've heard that they plan to 'cross-integrate' the platforms for 2 years, so the G5 owners will still have definate support for 2 years so the benefits of the Intel partenership might not bear much fruit for a little while after release.
hueseph	Date: August 6, 2006 @ 12:04 AM We've got a macbook pro at work. Apparently, in some applications, it rivals the G5 tower(power pc). Not in everything and certainly when push comes to shove The G5 still smokes on it. Just got my iMac a week ago. With half the ram it smokes on my Windows machine with 1gig of ram. (AMD 2500+ 120Gig hard drive ASUS mobo)
LiQuidMetamo...	Date: August 6, 2006 @ 5:43 AM OK cool. How about a comeback with the music then Hue, you're going to have Garageband if nothing else to record with I envision some new tunes on the horizon !
Veracohr	Date: August 7, 2006 @ 9:12 PM Apple has now replaced the G5 with an Intel-based desktop, the MacPro: http://www.apple.com/macpro/
imemine	Date: August 7, 2006 @ 10:01 PM
LiQuidMetamo...	Date: August 8, 2006 @ 5:10 AM Yeah, it'll be a while before the MacIntel runs as nicely as the dual processor, dual core (4 processing cores) G5 tower with 8GB DDR if only because the necessary optimizations for MacIntel will take a while to come ...
hueseph	Date: August 8, 2006 @ 9:56 PM Still waiting on some gear I ordered months ago. It gives me time to learn garage band anyway. I'm trying to simplfy what I do. No more vox, just instrumentals. Save my wifes ears and mine. I might be coaxed into a collab or two though.
hueseph	Date: August 8, 2006 @ 10:00 PM That Mac Pro is freakin' incredible. Two Terabytes of RAM! The one thing that holds intel macs back is the software. Porting is really the only major set-back left.
hueseph	Date: August 8, 2006 @ 10:01 PM Sorry uh. Two terabytes of RAM? I meant hard drive space. Two terabytes of RAM! :roflmao:
hantu	Date: August 8, 2006 @ 10:02 PM haha imagine

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