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Title: Apple to use Intel (itanium) processors?
Post by: Mrious_be on March 27, 2003, 11:41:00 PM

Hi People,

Cruising over a dutch Apple information site, they showed a topic about Apple, to change to Intel processors.
It seems Apple is really thinking to change to Intel's Itanium processors.

Hmmm... any thoughts?
For me, as long as they don't touch the smoothness and feeling of the original OsX platform... i don't really mind what processors they use.
Although it seems it will take another transition period to get them in a full line-up.

Title: Apple to use Intel (itanium) processors?
Post by: kelly on March 27, 2003, 11:57:00 PM

Thoughts? Yeah. It's silly.  

Dvorac's comments have been discussed for quite a while.

General consensus?

He's a macbashing idiot looking for increased hit's to keep his job.

Title: Apple to use Intel (itanium) processors?
Post by: Mrious_be on March 27, 2003, 01:37:00 PM

oww

Title: Apple to use Intel (itanium) processors?
Post by: tacit on March 27, 2003, 06:15:00 PM

John C. Dvorak is a legend in the computer community, especially the Mac community. He's been more wrong more consistently on more subjects than any human being since Aristotle; so throughout the years, his predictions have been wrong so often that I would not trust him to predict that the sun will come up tomorrow.

Apple is considering a switch to 64-bit processors--but to the PowerPC 970, not the Itanium.

If Apple were to adopt an Intel processor, it'd be the end of Apple. No existing program--not one single one--would run on an Intel processor, and I guarantee that no commercial software vendor would be willing to support *three* platforms (Windows x86, OS X PPC, and OS X Itanium.)

Title: Apple to use Intel (itanium) processors?
Post by: Mrious_be on March 28, 2003, 08:16:00 AM

Thx Tacit....
I just feel stupid here, obviously i better don't spend time on publising (topics) like these  

I guess i'll stick to what i'm best... playing games and posting topics about that  
Or offcourse when i have a question, hehehe.

BTW Kelly: i ordered (or my Bostonian friend did) the Star Trek Voyager Elite Force combo pack

Title: Apple to use Intel (itanium) processors?
Post by: kelly on March 28, 2003, 08:25:00 AM

Hey M_B. Don't feel stupid about this.  

There's an awful lot of people that take this guy seriously.

You keep posting whatever you think might be interesting here.

Hope you enjoy that Game.

Many people liked it a lot.

You might especially enjoy the multi-player part of it.

Have you ever seen the Star Trek Voyager shows?

Title: Apple to use Intel (itanium) processors?
Post by: Mrious_be on March 28, 2003, 08:32:00 AM

quote:

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Originally posted by kelly:
Have you ever seen the Star Trek Voyager shows?

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I have seen the first seazons yes, but since i'm on my own, and no cable here i didn't saw them.
Just like i missed the X-Files but... i made that up by watching entire seazon 6 in Boston... in one week time  
5 dvd's with 4 shows each, and 1 with 3 shows.
Gosh, it was a great seazon, i loved all of them (one was a bit less).

Title: Apple to use Intel (itanium) processors?
Post by: Mrious_be on March 28, 2003, 08:34:00 AM

BTW... i'm one of those people who feel that "Star Trek: First Contact" was the best one out there

Title: Apple to use Intel (itanium) processors?
Post by: Spartacus on March 30, 2003, 07:40:00 AM

No way!  

Star Trek - The Undisconvered Country was the best IMO.

Title: Apple to use Intel (itanium) processors?
Post by: kelly on March 30, 2003, 09:27:00 AM

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan was the best one.  

Khaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan!!!!!

http://www.godamongdirectors.com/scripts/khan.shtml

Title: Apple to use Intel (itanium) processors?
Post by: Mrious_be on March 30, 2003, 10:00:00 AM

Hehehe...

Com'on, be honest... it's just great to see the alltime calm and hunerable Patrick Sterwart in a raging anger, destroying half of his captain quarters, hehehe

Title: Apple to use Intel (itanium) processors?
Post by: swhitset on March 30, 2003, 11:01:00 PM

IAWK about STII TWoK

Steve

Title: Apple to use Intel (itanium) processors?
Post by: krissel on March 31, 2003, 10:50:00 PM

Someone else who publicly disagrees with Dvorak...

 no itanium

Title: Apple to use Intel (itanium) processors?
Post by: Mrious_be on April 01, 2003, 11:34:00 PM

Hey, that was verrry interesting to read, thxxx Krissel  
I even read every word (while having dinner, hehehe).