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AT writes:
> 1- Apple hasn't ported anything *YET*
They already have their software running on Intel x86 hardware.
> 2- Apple system will require proprietary Apple firmware NastyMonopoly chip (the
> one that keeps it a hardware co. and about doubles the price of every mac in
> terms of bang for buck)
Probably, or some other hardware-based method for locking people into
Apple-manufactured hardware will be found. I can't imagine Steve Jobs
licensing the OS to anyone, since hardware is the cash cow.
> 3- I *SINCERELY* doubt the Apple CPU will be a Pentium-class machine My
> *personal* choice amongst existing Intel properties is for a revamped Alpha RISC
> (the originally-DEC chip Intel obtained from HPaq and then killed) or Itanium
> Cheap.
I don't see any reason for Apple to get stuck with yet another highly
proprietary hardware architecture. At least if it goes with Intel it
will be using the same platform as Microsoft, which gives it a bit more
stability and equality with respect to the chip vendor.
Ideally the Mac would run on hardware identical to that of Windows,
except for a few key hardware differences that would make it impossible
to get the OS to execute on hardware not built or licensed by Apple.
This would allow the advantages of 99.9% common hardware, along with the
advantages of having a user base locked into a proprietary and
overpriced hardware platform.
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