Dow Closes Up 52 on Apple-Intel Report:
An Apple move to Intel’s chips would make Macs far less expensive — a major hurdle in Apple’s ongoing battle with cheaper PCs already using Intel processors and Microsoft’s operating system. The possible deal, reported in The Wall Street Journal, could spell trouble for International Business Machines Corp., Apple’s current supplier.
How do they know? I have no idea how much Apple pays for its G4/5 CPUs or what kind of a sweetheart Intel would give them to move away from the PPC. I do know that a lot of what you pay for in Apple hardware is design, both in software and hardware. It’s not obvious to me that an Intel-powered mini would be a lot cheaper than a the current model. Given the different levels of power consumption and heat generation, it wouldn’t be a straight swap.
And taking a short trip through the Wayback Machine . . .
One reboot away, indeed. Competition between OSes right ON YOUR DESKTOP. May the best platform win.
Wouldn’t that be interesting?