Apple changed in 1994 to PPC, cold turkey. Still a lot of the Classic Mac OS is in 680X0 assembly code but it's a fast fading memory.
While the PPC 7400 has been stuck at 500 Mhz for over a year it is still a mighty contender against the x86 family.
If the x86 world is unable to swallow the consequences of migrating towards a real architecture it will slowly but surely sink into irrelevance.
You're not able to play DVDs where you want them? Why do you buy them then? I've not bought CDs for the last 5 years because of the high price.
For the same reason I refuse to buy DVDs.
There's one thing where you can break the balls of the big companies, don't buy their gear and encourage others to do the same.
Actually, the AirPort encrypts the information sent over the network, so said script kiddies will have a hard time intercepting passwords.
However, I doubt wether it will be a standard implementation of AirPort (IEEE 802.11b), it'll rather be some custom modified protocol to accomodate the environment in space.
I've seen a lot of comments about how FireWire is supposed to replace SCSI or Ethernet or USB. FireWire was meant to replace SCSI, it's not a network like Ethernet. However, it has a couple of advantages over SCSI. True Plug and Play. On a Power Macintosh one can insert a harddisk into the FireWire chain and it'll show up on the desktop, vice versa works as well. Scalability. The original spec is 400 Mbps, the 1394b spec is 800 Mbps and more is on the way. Also, a slower device using 400 Mbps on a 800 Mbps chain will NOT slow the whole bus down, as is the case with USB and SCSI. Easy. FireWire is appearing in all digital camcorders now and will be appearing in a lot more devices. Imagine your DVD player digitally connected up to your amp and a digital TV. These days, one can buy a 1299 dollar iMac with a 799 dollar camcorder and make movies out of the box that are far better than anything out there 4 years ago at any pricelevel below 20,000 dollars. Intel is pushing USB like crazy, but remember that USB needs a host. That's why Intel likes USB so much (and dislikes FireWire) since the PC (with Intel Pentium processor of course) will always be the center of things with USB. With FireWire devices can control each other without the need of a single host controlling devices. Not good for Intel, good for the consumer. Ethernet has it's place in the world, just like USB (slow hub based bus for keyboards and mice). FireWire will find it's own sweetspot. The reason PC users haven't seen it a lot is that Intel is not playing nice here, refusing to implement 1394 in their chipsets. Citing a lack of market for it. I guess Apple needs to create that market for them, just like they did with USB.
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Apple changed in 1994 to PPC, cold turkey. Still a lot of the Classic Mac OS is in 680X0 assembly code but it's a fast fading memory.
While the PPC 7400 has been stuck at 500 Mhz for over a year it is still a mighty contender against the x86 family.
If the x86 world is unable to swallow the consequences of migrating towards a real architecture it will slowly but surely sink into irrelevance.
You're not able to play DVDs where you want them? Why do you buy them then? I've not bought CDs for the last 5 years because of the high price.
For the same reason I refuse to buy DVDs.
There's one thing where you can break the balls of the big companies, don't buy their gear and encourage others to do the same.
Actually, the AirPort encrypts the information sent over the network, so said script kiddies will have a hard time intercepting passwords.
However, I doubt wether it will be a standard implementation of AirPort (IEEE 802.11b), it'll rather be some custom modified protocol to accomodate the environment in space.
I've seen a lot of comments about how FireWire is supposed to replace SCSI or Ethernet or USB. FireWire was meant to replace SCSI, it's not a network like Ethernet. However, it has a couple of advantages over SCSI. True Plug and Play. On a Power Macintosh one can insert a harddisk into the FireWire chain and it'll show up on the desktop, vice versa works as well. Scalability. The original spec is 400 Mbps, the 1394b spec is 800 Mbps and more is on the way. Also, a slower device using 400 Mbps on a 800 Mbps chain will NOT slow the whole bus down, as is the case with USB and SCSI. Easy. FireWire is appearing in all digital camcorders now and will be appearing in a lot more devices. Imagine your DVD player digitally connected up to your amp and a digital TV. These days, one can buy a 1299 dollar iMac with a 799 dollar camcorder and make movies out of the box that are far better than anything out there 4 years ago at any pricelevel below 20,000 dollars. Intel is pushing USB like crazy, but remember that USB needs a host. That's why Intel likes USB so much (and dislikes FireWire) since the PC (with Intel Pentium processor of course) will always be the center of things with USB. With FireWire devices can control each other without the need of a single host controlling devices. Not good for Intel, good for the consumer. Ethernet has it's place in the world, just like USB (slow hub based bus for keyboards and mice). FireWire will find it's own sweetspot. The reason PC users haven't seen it a lot is that Intel is not playing nice here, refusing to implement 1394 in their chipsets. Citing a lack of market for it. I guess Apple needs to create that market for them, just like they did with USB.