Re: Apple, Jobs, and the irony of it

[Franke <hans.franke@mch20.sbs.de>]

Greg Buchner schrieb:
> In article <20030818034218.21828.00000639@mb-m07.aol.com>,
>  supertimer@aol.com (Supertimer) wrote:
> > Greg Buchner <apple22@mn.rr.com> wrote:
> > >supertimer@aol.com (Supertimer) wrote:
> > >Most of the people I know (again, in person) who are into the Intel
> > >world are always pushing the hertz...
> > >So, why should Apple bother with AMD, AMD isn't a problem for Apple.

> > Well, for one thing Apple should not lie about the
> > G5 being the first PC (ie. personal computer, not
> > PC as in "IBM PC") 64-bit processor.

> Well, looking around this morning, I can't find any Opteron based
> personal computers.  Just servers.  Only mention of personal computers
> based on an AMD 64-bit processor were Athlon64 machines coming out at
> the end of September.  So, could you point me out to some?  Meanwhile,
> Apple is shipping PPC970 based PowerMacs today.  The two low-end models
> should be in the stores.

Well, Greg, I tried to avoide jumping in, but right this mail is
written on an AMD 64 bit system. Jup, it's an Opteron, but Opteron
and Athlon64 are just different Version of the same processor. It's
a marketing game. And what's a personal computer or a server is defined
where the machine ends, and not what 'segment' the seller tries to
reach.
My Dual 244 stands right beside me and doesn't serve anybody but me.

For the stores, AMD64 boards are showing up at Munich shops since a
few weeks, so you may just go and buy one.

Then again, it doesn't matter who got the first or fastest, as long as
the speed is sufficient to do the job (*1). In fact, just two hours ago
I convinced a long time Windows User to switch for a 17" iMac. iPhoto
and the Superdrive did all the needed argueing.

Gruss
H.
(*1) And here we get the way back to the good IIgs - a Computer fast
enough to do the job - I still cant type faster :)