Should apple have switched?

Number of posts : 71 Age : 32 Registration date : 2007-12-04

Do you think that apple did the right think by dumping the PPC CPUs for x86 CPUS? Also do you think a mac is a PC and why? They use all of the same parts except the macs are in white cases with apple logos on them.

This link shows IBM's successor to the G5
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,2134418,00.asp

Please keep it civil and polite.

Flames will be removed.

Root: I will also be watching this thread.

Subject: Re: Should apple have switched? Tue Dec 18, 2007 3:40 pm

will the person that said "no" please post why thet think so.

Number of posts : 11 Registration date : 2007-12-08

Taht would be me.
G6 > Core 2

Number of posts : 71 Age : 32 Registration date : 2007-12-04

The G6 would have been the successor the the G5 proc. I feel that apple has lost their identity. What the make now are white PCs with apple logos on them. And plus that G6 is badass. And that is coming from a PC user. We won't see 4.7GHz for a few more years. Maybe end of 08 or end of 09 at the latest.

Please no flames over what I said. This was not ment to be offensive.

P.S. I did the second NO vote.

Number of posts : 11 Registration date : 2007-12-08

Intel sucks......apple doesn't have a mid-range tower now.
I think that apple should make the Mac Pro a G6 and a next down mac pro with a QX9960 or QX6600

Subject: Re: Should apple have switched? Sat Dec 22, 2007 11:21 am

only problem is that apple will not switch back to PPC now.

Number of posts : 71 Age : 32 Registration date : 2007-12-04

Apple has lost their identity since they make PCs now. They really need to stop selling macs and sell their OS so that all x86 computers can run it. Also it can be run on a normal PC. But it is illegal and not easy.

http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=28439&st=0

I will be attempting this later.

Number of posts : 2 Age : 38 Registration date : 2008-04-20

1) You all should be glad they switched to Intel processors. They're cheaper, more efficient, and more powerful. Apple had a LOT at stake going into this, and you can be damn sure they exhausted and examined every other option out there.

2) There is no such thing as a G6. The Power6 belongs in server setups that cost a lot of money:
In terms of pricing, Mauri said that the base price for a two-socket system will be about $60,000"

Apple would go out of business putting "G6s" in their computers... people were angry enough already about the pricing.

3) The Apple identity is the OS, not the hardware. We use it because it's easy to use, not because it has certain hardware under the hood. It wouldn't make sense, as at the end of PPC's lifetime, its processors were falling behind.