[Ham-Mac] MacOS X x86 Intel Support

[D. J.]

On 07, Jun 2005, at 21:40, Chris Smolinski wrote:

>> On Jun 7, 2005, at 8:44 PM, Bill Coleman wrote:
>>
>>
>>> You do have the ask the question: what does the switch offer to  
>>> Intel, and what would Intel offer Apple to entice them to switch?  
>>> Intel has very deep pockets and they can apply very large  
>>> economies of scale. I think there's more to the story here other  
>>> than the obvious.
>>>
>>
>> Often Apple has not been able to ship as much product as customers  
>> demanded only because IBM/Motorola could not ship enough CPUs. All  
>> the talk of "Apple has been running MacOS X on Intel for the past  
>> 5 years" sounds a lot like a sword to threaten IBM/Motorola. As  
>> with any weapon its worthless if one isn't willing to use it. This  
>> one got used on Monday.
>>
>
> Most PowerPC chips are used for embedded applications, like  
> automotive computers. I can't imagine the complete loss of Apple  
> would make more than a dent in PPC CPU sales.
>
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Chris, How much trouble will it be to maintain both PPC and Intel Mac  
software over the next say 5 years?  Do you see any problems for PPC  
owners?  Will the PPC be obsolete sooner than later?

Dale