Re: Apple, Jobs, and the irony of it

[supertimer@aol.com (Supertimer)]

Greg Buchner <apple22@mn.rr.com> wrote:

>supertimer@aol.com (Supertimer) wrote:
>
>> One thing I find really funny about Apple these days is
>> how they try to deny AMD out of existence.  In 2000,
>> when the Athlon K7 was introduced, it was the same
>> thing.  All you heard from Apple was G3 vs. PIII even
>> though the highest performing PC processor at the
>> time was an AMD part.
>
>I don't find it funny...the people who do the comparisions are always 
>using the multi-gigahertz Pentium processors when they try to put down 
>Apple.
>
>The people I know (in person) who use AMD usually don't care about Apple 
>and who's faster or has the higher hertz rating.

Are you kidding?  The very reason AMD folks choose
AMD is because they understand the power of AMD
processors.  We believe AMD processors are better
than the ones used in Macs and also better than
Intel processors.

In May of 2001, when the Athlon hit 1Ghz, the
hottest news in the PC world was how Athlon PCs
were trouncing both Intel and Apple units in all
disciplines.

Recently, AMD has joined Apple in terms of falling
behind in performance compared to the P4.  This
happened around the time the P4 hit 3Ghz.

The Opteron has changed this for AMD.  Thanks
to, ironically, "Big Brother" IBM, the G5 has done
the same for Apple.

>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.

If you call spreading that lie not bothering with
AMD,  I don't know what you would call it.  It is like
the American and British storming the beaches of
Normandy to free Europe and the one of the two
denying the other contributed.