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Apple Is Buyer of New 64-Bit IBM Chips

Posted by Hemos on from the makin'-the-move-with-powerpc dept.

ohmygod2 wrote to us with a story from SF Gate that Apple, unsurprisingly, is going to be one of the purchasers of IBM's PowerPC 970. At this time, though, it's unclear where Apple is going to actually *use* said chip.Update: 10/14 15:53 GMT by H : Follow-up to Tim's story.

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  1. First Macintosh by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Yay for gay 64-bit frost pisty Macs!

  2. WOW I HOPE IT RUNS LINUX by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    If this doesn't run linux then I'm going to kill myself.

    If this is modded down I'm going to kill myself.

  3. Re:urr by Lord_Slepnir · · Score: -1, Troll

    This is apple we're talking about. Giving a Macintosh a high-end chip is like giving a caveman a zippo lighter. Sure, great things could come, but since the caveman has never seen the lighter before, he might just end up using it to pick his nose or something.

  4. Re:Apple becomming much larger... by Ooblek · · Score: 0, Troll
    Yeah, I can see it now.....corporations throwing out all their Windows PCs to replace them with 64-bit Macs. They they figure out that they don't need an IT department because the can just run simple phone cable with RJ-11 connectors on them between each office for their network. Then 3 years from now, when Apple discontinues support for this platform, they do it all over again!

    I'm not sure which one makes sense - Microsoft's draconian licensing scheme or Apple's "periodic, unforseen obsolecense". They probably cost about the same.