Re: Apple, Jobs, and the irony of it

[Richard Kilpatrick <richard@dmc12.demon.co.uk>]

In message <20030819061831.06150.00001754@mb-m03.aol.com>, Supertimer 
<supertimer@aol.com> writes
> Look, it is great for Apple that IBM developed the
> G5 chip.  Hey, technologically I even like it.  Very
> Opteron like and that is high praise from an AMD
> fan.  But the fact is, Apple is trying to claim that
> the G5 came out as the first 64-bit chip for PC
> use and that it is not.

Apple are the first Personal Computer manufacturer to offer a 64-bit 
personal computer, i.e., not workstation.

Not the chip. Not the bits to make it. Not things to license to other 
people. The whole package.

Personally, I think Apple are doing brilliantly right now for buyers and 
themselves. The G5 is excellent value, and it's the first time in ages 
that Apple can seriously claim to have a cutting edge hardware base, 
instead of merely trying to argue that the OS makes their 2 or 3-year 
old hardware faster.

Richard
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