Xserve RAID powered by&hellip; Intel?!

Xserve RAID For years people have suggested that Apple would fare much better if they ported their OS to the Intel platform. The reasoning goes something like this:

There are lots of Intel boxes out here.
People don’t like Windows.
Lots of people would buy Apple’s OS.
Apple is the new Microsoft
World Peace.

To settle this debate let me say this: porting OS X to Intel is a horrible idea, and Apple will never do it. However, that is not to say Apple would never use an Intel chip, because it appears Intel is an integral part of Apple’s Xserve RAID.

According to CNET the Xserve RAID makes use of Intel’s IOP 331 chip which is used in many similar RAID devices from such companies as IBM and Dell.

This proves one thing and one thing only; Intel will continue to make lots of money for the foreseeable future.

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Larry

i can forsee alot more malware programmers settings their sights on OSX after a port to intel they will jump on the increased market share

March 04 2005 at 11:37 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Tony Scida

"To settle this debate let me say this: porting OS X to Intel is a horrible idea, and Apple will never do it." Not that I disagree with you, necessarily, but since you didn't really support that statement with any arguments, it's kind of hard to know. Oh, and Cap'n Hector, did you read the post? I don't think you did.

March 03 2005 at 10:15 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Duncan

Yawn. Yet another "Port OS X to Intel" argument. RAID controllers != CPUs, and RAID software != an OS. I seem to remember seeing that the RAID software Apple has was Java-based

March 03 2005 at 8:59 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply