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Mac Medic · 06-06-2005, 06:59 AM

I don't believe this for a minute, No way will Apple make developers switch to X86, the transition would take years and Mac sales would be stagnant. more likely would be Intel producing PPC processors for Apple to pick up the slack IBM has left behind due to very poor yield of G5 silicone. Less likely but still possible would be the CORE processor (especially for portables), and considering Steve Jobs throw-in line at Macworld to the Sony president about making a computer together it could be that Apple want to use Sony's core processor and want Intel to produce it. It's still a PPC chip so there would be no time/cost changeover.

06-06-2005, 06:59 AM	#17
Mac Medic Member (11 bit) Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 1,729	I don't believe this for a minute, No way will Apple make developers switch to X86, the transition would take years and Mac sales would be stagnant. more likely would be Intel producing PPC processors for Apple to pick up the slack IBM has left behind due to very poor yield of G5 silicone. Less likely but still possible would be the CORE processor (especially for portables), and considering Steve Jobs throw-in line at Macworld to the Sony president about making a computer together it could be that Apple want to use Sony's core processor and want Intel to produce it. It's still a PPC chip so there would be no time/cost changeover. __________________ Better to use a Mac and be THOUGHT a fool, than to use Windows and REMOVE ALL DOUBT