I totally agree with your post. In fact, AMD itself has stated that Athon (not Opteron) would be the first 64-bit CPU for "desktop and mobile computers". (http://www.amd.com/us-en/Corporate/VirtualPressRo om/0,,51_104_543~62652,00.html). What I'm sure they didn't expect was IBM to deliver first. Also, Opteron is a 64-bit WORKSTATION computer. It was not released as anything else. And BOXX Tech. sells it on a "workstation" machine. Of course, I agree all this discussion is all about marketing. But since many voices raised against Apple's "punch lines" - "World's Fastest..." and "World's First 64-bit..." - as if they were "scientific and objective statements" which many "sentinels" identified as "universal lies". C'mon people, I love the Mac, but no reality distortion on our part. They're as fast as PCs in worst case cenario, though personally I'm convinced they can truely be a lot faster in real world tests than competition. But be prepared for some reaction in the short term. So, probably the most important question here is: "Will IBM be able to keep feeding Apple with great CPU versions?"
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I totally agree with your post. In fact, AMD itself has stated that Athon (not Opteron) would be the first 64-bit CPU for "desktop and mobile computers". (http://www.amd.com/us-en/Corporate/VirtualPressRo om/0,,51_104_543~62652,00.html). What I'm sure they didn't expect was IBM to deliver first. Also, Opteron is a 64-bit WORKSTATION computer. It was not released as anything else. And BOXX Tech. sells it on a "workstation" machine. Of course, I agree all this discussion is all about marketing. But since many voices raised against Apple's "punch lines" - "World's Fastest..." and "World's First 64-bit..." - as if they were "scientific and objective statements" which many "sentinels" identified as "universal lies". C'mon people, I love the Mac, but no reality distortion on our part. They're as fast as PCs in worst case cenario, though personally I'm convinced they can truely be a lot faster in real world tests than competition. But be prepared for some reaction in the short term. So, probably the most important question here is: "Will IBM be able to keep feeding Apple with great CPU versions?"