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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6-16-2005 @ 4:16PM
Tony said...
"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.
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7-05-2005 @ 4:46PM
Cap'n Hector said...
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…
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7-14-2005 @ 12:38PM
Larry Pan said...
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
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