[Cialug] Apple and Intel

[Bryan Baker]

I'm betting they will have a hand at least in the mobo design, they  
do a bunch of their own ASICs, etc. and they have been using  
OpenFirmware - not BIOS, but that may change now, but I bet there'll  
be other diff's - that said I give it a couple weeks before someone  
comes out w/ a hack, but you can bet it won't get support.


On Jun 7, 2005, at 10:29 PM, Nathan C. Smith wrote:

>
> So here's a stupid question - what kind of thing will keep me from  
> buying
> Mac OS and slapping it on any Intel box?  I thought all the stuff  
> that used
> to be in ROM no longer was.  What will distinguish an Apple from  
> any other
> machine?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bryan Baker [mailto:ka_klick at mac.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2005 10:26 PM
> To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Cialug] Apple and Intel
>
>
>
> Me.
> I'd rather see them using the better of the x86/64's but I think 2
> factors kept that from happening: 1. AMD probably can't supply the
> volume Apple projects. 2. AMD isn't the kickback machine that Intel  
> is.
>
> I'm betting they talked though.
>
> On Jun 7, 2005, at 10:18 PM, Nathan C. Smith wrote:
>
>> Anyone else wish Apple had partnered with AMD instead of Intel?
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