<blockquote><font size=1>In reply to:</font><hr><p>If Intel can provide processor parity between the two OS makers (I see no reason why they couldn't) AND Apple could lower their prices, then the only real argument left is the OS/Software itself.<p><hr></blockquote><p><br>Doesn't this inadvertently turn Apple into an "OS only" company, as you previously stated?... interesting...<br><br><br><br>-------<br>Aren't you a little old for post-modern nostalgic irony?
#233640 - 06/09/0502:08 PMRe: More rumor mongering: Intel to buy Apple?
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Interesting read and somehow convincing too. But a much simpler (and less fun) reason is that Apple had no other choice in the long run, and AMD was a distant second choice. And of course Intel is ecstatic about this because "the innovator", the 3 percent powerhouse, wants it's chips.<br><br>Not that a trip into Cringley's reality distortion field wasn't enjoyable. If he ends upbeing right, please forget you read this.<br><br>
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Oh yeah...all the benchmarks I've seen put AMD as the champ. They also have more 64-bit stuff, from what I've read. <br><br>But I just doubt AMD could be as good of a supplier as Intel, volume-wise. <br><br>
#233642 - 06/09/0502:53 PMRe: More rumor mongering: Intel to buy Apple?
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