Re: How many times must Apple make such DRASTIC architecture changes?

["Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com>]

Ilgaz Ocal wrote:

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> Also Intel (or say, x86 arch) is the only, one and only home desktop CPU 
> choice now. I wonder, if Altivec wasn't there, SSE2 would happen or come 
> this far? Currently, after announcement, home desktop CPU choice is only 
> x86. No competition exists anymore.

No real architecture competition on the desktop has existed for a
decade.  The Mac and PowerPC never worried Intel at all.

And regardless of addressing extensions, the x86 architecture is still
the x86 architecture.  It isn't pretty, but it is "good enough" I guess.

Perhaps we will someday see the rastiness of the x86 architecture, 
coupled with its sufficient performance, as a primary reason for
programmers abandoning assembly language.  ;-)

-michael

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