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Post by Swamp Gas on Feb 8, 2006 22:32:33 GMT -5
Thetaloops is enjoying her dual-cual core G5 Mac. It looks like the Intel move could have been premature, at least for the desktops. apple.slashdot.org/apple/06/02/07/2045218.shtml "C|Net is reporting that IBM has announced a method of altering silicon that will allow its next generation of Power chips to run at speeds between 4 and 5 gigahertz, and consume less power as well. From the article: 'Instead of just making transistors smaller, IBM came up with a process to alter how silicon behaves by placing a layer of insulator underneath a layer of silicon less than 500 atoms thick ... The higher speed of the Power6 will be achieved with existing chip manufacturing technology that etches transistors only 65 nanometers wide, several hundred times smaller than a human blood cell.' These won't be out until 2007, but it still raises the question: did Apple jump the gun by switching to Intel?"
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Post by Mech on Feb 9, 2006 20:08:03 GMT -5
Love my G-5 Dually too.
Seems like Mac has to keep innovating and changing in order to stay ahead of WIN-DOZE based apps and hardware.
I think it does piss alot of people off though..having to upgrade so often.
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Post by Swamp Gas on Feb 9, 2006 21:16:45 GMT -5
THis Power6 looks freakin' awesome. Intel has a lot to go to catch up to this one.
Perhaps Apple left the door open on desktops
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