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Apple/Intel Speculation Running Rampant

Posted by Hemos on from the is-it-anything dept.

6031769 writes "ZD Net are reporting a rumour that Steve Jobs will announce Apple are going to move to an Intel chip base at their worldwide developer conference today. Still just a rumour, but could this be the masterstroke Apple have been promising or is it a blind alley?" Lots of submissions about this one, but no one knows for sure - there have been stories about how AMD is hurt by this - but I think my favorite debunking of it is the piece by John Gruber on Daring Fireball.

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  1. zealot, redux by bobtodd · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I'm hoping Jobs announes this today, if only because it would be a huge kick in the nuts to zealots and fanboys of so many platorms at once. It will be the troll of the year.

    Mac fanboys rationalising the shift to *hiss*Intel, AMD 'enthusiasts' offended Apple went with the inferior technology, Windows um, supporters pissed off because everyone hates their shit (no change there), and Linux zealots pissed off that Apple is stealing their x86 desktop Unix thunder. The flamewar could see out the decade.

    It would just be so, so right. Anyway, now that SCO looks like going down in flames, the Unix world needs a new holy war, right?