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Apple May be Intel Show Pony

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the what-does-this-mean dept.

Robert writes "Computer Business Review reports that the implications of Apple dropping IBM as its chip vendor in favor of Intel, announced earlier this week, will straddle the broader computing landscape. Apple stands to gain a competitive edge by partnering with Intel because it will have access to slightly cheaper stuff."

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  1. USB. by solios · · Score: 5, Informative

    IIRC, USB was an Intel spec. And intel shipped it, and it worked, and nobody - I do mean NOBODY - gave a shit. Good luck finding hardware, etceteras.

    Then in late '98, Apple dropped the iMac bomb.

    Not only were they using Intel's USB, they'd dropped everything else. You either got on the boat or you stayed behind. Now EVERYTHING ships with USB - a spec everybody refused to touch until Apple made it trendy and sexy to do so.

    Apple + Intel == a very, very good thing. Both companies will get to bust ass doing what they're best at.

    Feel the love.