Intel is very powerful. The easiest way to criple a competitor is to raid R&D. They benefit by acquiring expertise on competing technology and by removing key employers from their competitors.
M$ gutted several mac companies several years ago. It is a very effective practice.
The PowerPC is a well engineered chip and it is to our benifit that it continues to evolve. Competition is good in the marketplace. And besides, as programmers you have to appreciate a well designed piece of equipment.
I work daily in 3D, by viewing two identical molecules side by side with one being rotated slightly along the y axis by a few degrees. It would be nice to have the ability to pop the monitor into 3D mode. Then guests could experience the stoke I have when I view molecules in 3D.
Computational chemists mouths will water when they hear of this information.
Chalk one up for Apple, these two people really did think different.
Its getting to the point where I am almost surprised this is considered news. It seems Linux is everywhere behind the scenes. Now I would be stoked if the hardware it was running on was PPC!!
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Intel is very powerful. The easiest way to criple a competitor is to raid R&D. They benefit by acquiring expertise on competing technology and by removing key employers from their competitors.
M$ gutted several mac companies several years ago. It is a very effective practice.
The PowerPC is a well engineered chip and it is to our benifit that it continues to evolve. Competition is good in the marketplace. And besides, as programmers you have to appreciate a well designed piece of equipment.
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I work daily in 3D, by viewing two identical molecules side by side with one being rotated slightly along the y axis by a few degrees. It would be nice to have the ability to pop the monitor into 3D mode. Then guests could experience the stoke I have when I view molecules in 3D.
Computational chemists mouths will water when they hear of this information.
Chalk one up for Apple, these two people really did think different.
-b
Think different... If you can afford to.
Its getting to the point where I am almost surprised this is considered news. It seems Linux is everywhere behind the scenes. Now I would be stoked if the hardware it was running on was PPC!!
-B