From: Gene McAloon 

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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