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

Bill Bradford mrbill at mrbill.net
Sun Jun 5 02:53:28 CDT 2005


On Sun, Jun 05, 2005 at 01:14:32AM -0500, Micah R Ledbetter wrote:
> I didn't get the impression that Apple would be going Intel in order  
> to make Windows-compatible machines. Why would they care about that?  
> They already sell completely Windows-incompatible stuff, and why does  
> the world need another Dell/HP/Compaq/Gateway/... anyway?

It might have "Intel Inside", but it WONT have a legacy BIOS.  I'm
betting they'll stick with OpenFirmware.  I know it can be done on 
x86 - look at NetApp filers.

Bill

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bill bradford
houston, texas



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