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Apple Switch to Intel Not a Big Loss for IBM
KaushalParekh writes "An interesting article about how Apple's switch to Intel chips may not be that bad for IBM after all. "Apple sees an opportunity with Intel. But IBM continues the same chip development that allowed Apple to claim several firsts and fastests. Now, Big Blue will plow its research efforts into processors for game consoles and other consumer products that might one day knock the PC down a rung." Also, "a lucrative avenue for IBM in China, where the marriage of the Linux OS to PCs armed with [IBM] PowerPC chips presents some intriguing possibilities." And, "Large firms like Sony, Microsoft and Comcast are betting that a home-entertainment device, evolved from a game console or set-top box, will replace many of the PC's functions. IBM plans to be inside these new systems.""
because macs have the disadvantage of apple's jacked up prices. Apple has highest margins in the industry. If a commodity maker like IBM were to make the mac mini they could do it so it could sell profitably under $250. I think they could do a better G5 version for double the cost.
Now; with apple running intel chips; wouldnt that make them the same speed as their competitors in that market? As in kill their advantage?
You are wrong. Consider yourself corrected.
If IBM had performed up to par, they would have produced a 3.0 GHz G5 over a year ago, something they haven't even done to date. The world will actually be better off with IBM discontinuing this embarrassing effort.