From: Robert Bononno 

Hi Gene,

There has been speculation about OS X on Intel for a long time, but it is
just that, speculation. Apple's plans for 64-bit development involve PPC,
AFAIK. I'm not saying it's out of the question but PPC chips seem to have
certain advantages for Apple (I believe they run much cooler and consume
less power). Also, at this point, Apple isn't interested in just making
software for the x86 market. They want to stick to hardware and right now
that means PowerPC.


In article ,
 Gene McAloon  wrote:

> On Mon, 16 Jun 2003 19:58:15 -0400, Robert Bononno 
> wrote:
>
> >Interesting. I had heard of this a while ago, but I was wondering what
> >happened to Motorola? Just couldn't deliver the goods fast enough? Or
> >did they abandon PPC production entirely?
>
> Apple is still getting most of its chips from Motorola. It has long been
> speculated that Apple might go to IBM for all of its chips, especially since
> apparently Moto was loosing interest anyway. It had enough problems without
> worrying about the ever shrinking Apple.
>
> The story appearing here seems suspect to me. The information seems to be
> coming
> from "contacts" in Taiwan. That in itself has a certain
smell to it. The fact
> is
> the big rumor going the rounds is that Apple is thinking of going to Intel.
> That
> would make far more sense than relying on IBM who is producing the chips
> primarily for its own use. Should it decide to change course, Apple would be
> screwed.
>
> Gene
>

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