Re: Apple, Jobs, and the irony of it

[Sheldon Simms <sheldonsimms@yahoo.com>]

On Sun, 17 Aug 2003 18:07:03 +0100, Richard Kilpatrick wrote:

> In message <20030817041138.21828.00000588@mb-m07.aol.com>, Supertimer 
> <supertimer@aol.com> writes
>>Also, the claim that the G5 is the first PC
>>64-bit processor is also wrong.  That title
>>belongs to AMD's Opteron chip which was
>>released in April, several months ahead of
>>the G5.
> 
> With a 64-bit bus? And in fact, can you even use it in a desktop machine 
> yet?

Yes, and yes. In fact Apple is using AMD's "HyperTransport" bus to
connect their PCI and I/O controllers.

However, I wouldn't say that Apple is just flat out lying. They are
playing the kind of word game dance-around-the-truth that characterizes
marketing weasels. I'm sure if you confronted them with previously existing
Opteron desktops they would claim that the Opteron systems are
"workstations" and not "desktops".

However, considering the prices are about the same (the Opteron systems
are actually a little bit cheaper), I can't see how there's really any
difference.

-SHeldon