[rescue] Apple to ditch IBM, switch to Intel chips

[Sandwich Maker]

" From: patrick at mail.zill.net (Patrick Giagnocavo)
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" On Sun, Jun 05, 2005 at 02:36:13PM +0000, Peter Corlett wrote:
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" The x86 architecture is a millstone around Intel's neck and they know it.
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" I think they have pretty much given up on the idea and instead are
" trying to add somewhat proprietary extensions to x86 in order to have
" lock-in.

and failing, at least a little.  i hear microsoft is backing the
opteron over any intel x86-64.
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