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Hardware manufacturers don't have any particular love for Microsoft's business practices....Dask said:
jæd said:
Well, if i'm feeling like I need a project for a free afternoon sometimes I'll break out the particle accelerator and make some new elements for my 666PHz liquid helium cooled 65536 core proccesors. It takes some time to transmute the plutonium I use as a starting material, so I like to snort a 50/50 mix of DMT and coke of supermodels titties in the meantime.
pk
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FridgeMagnet said:
Which is why Sony are rumoured to be dumping Microshite as soon as possible.
About time!
Then they can collaborate with Jobs and Co. and take over the world, leaving a tearful Bill Gates writhing around in agony on the floor with holes in his socks and a huge divorce bill.
Probably.
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Hmm, I'd be surprised if Sony dumped Microsoft and embraced Apple - for a start, they're competitors in the premium gadget market, and they hate them for the iPod. Moreover, Sony's corporate side still seem to be chasing the idea that they can be both content providers and market leaders for content players, so have a privileged position to be able to define standards for DRM and control the market for maximum profit. Sony famously hate Apple; pretty much none of their gadgets work with OS*X deliberately, the best example being Minidiscs.
But I'd love it if they'd play sensible, which really just means Sony using open standards and not deliberately obscuring or even encrypting protocols. They produce some fantastic kit. Open standards would mean letting those dastardly Linux pirates being able to use your products too of course.
But I'd love it if they'd play sensible, which really just means Sony using open standards and not deliberately obscuring or even encrypting protocols. They produce some fantastic kit. Open standards would mean letting those dastardly Linux pirates being able to use your products too of course.
poet said:
http://www.provantage.com/buy-7asus...an-asus-motherboards-accessories-shopping.htm
http://www.pcconnection.com/ProductDetail?sku=6099890&SourceID=k22350
And if those g5s are so cool, why are apple switching to intel in 6 months?
FridgeMagnet
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Because IBM aren't producing the right chips for their laptops. I thought that was well known? Powerbooks are skating on the edge of being underpowered at the moment - they're okay right now, don't get me wrong, but soon without speed improvements they're not going to be competitive, and nice screens and light weights and OS X aren't going to save them. You should see the number of "where is the G5 powerbook then?" posts on Mac communities.
Apple have an immense interest, and immense success, in the laptop market and they're going to want to continue that as much as possible.
Apple have an immense interest, and immense success, in the laptop market and they're going to want to continue that as much as possible.
tom k&e said:
100mhz per core slower with longer pipelines and by my reckoning about $1500 more expensive. Apple are switching for business, not technical reasons. IBM have kept delaying the release of new portable PPC chips and have been trying to remegotiate their contract for ages. Jobs called their bluff.
pk
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The high-end Sony Broadcast stuff has always been Mac compatible - much of it designed around the initial Mac/Avid platform - that may well end up dictating the market looking forward, especially if Apple continue their strong position with portable video players and get a decent mobile phone/iPod combo out quickly (as opposed to the Motorola iTunes piece of shit).
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