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Why Apple chose Intel
Apple could not get AMD to sign with them because AMD sells
every frickin' chip they make and could not guarantee the
number of chips that Apple needed.

Intel has excess capacity and was losing the Xbox chip sales, so
it was natural that they'd want to sell chips to Apple. It helps
turn the extra capacity into cash and soaks off some of the chips
already in the sales channel.

I'll be interested to see if Gartner et al start using Intel's sales of
Apple computers in their market share numbers. They did
include Xbox sales, so I'm sure Intel is heavily lobbying them to
use the Mac sales now.

Also, don't forget that once Apple is fully converted to Intel
chips, the switch to AMD won't be nearly as difficult as the one
from G5 to x86.
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Intel has not had anything compelling in...  ITGuy04 | 03/03/06
Wow.  A_Pickle | 03/03/06
Wow!  vizenos | 03/04/06
Why Apple chose Intel  bidemytime | 03/04/06
Also, volume discounts.  kraterz | 03/07/06
Intel simply has nothing worth buying.  realitycheck101 | 03/03/06
Hah.  A_Pickle | 03/03/06
What is wrong with everyone?  nomorems | 03/03/06
Agree, but when in Rome...  Prognosticator | 03/03/06
You're right. what people like getrealnow, and others  John Zern | 03/04/06
AMD will get a beating from Intel  Prognosticator | 03/03/06
Let's wait and see  balsover | 03/03/06
I wouldn't make any bets yet.  IT Scion | 03/03/06
A few points you might find informative....  Prognosticator | 03/03/06
How soon you youngsters forget, or (more likely) never learn.  Letophoro | 03/03/06
Good points and history, but  george_ou | 03/04/06
George, what are you smoking?  bidemytime | 03/04/06
Typical Won't Bite the Hand that Feeds Him  workroom@... | 03/07/06
HT has two meanings  Piper8 | 03/04/06
My bad.  Letophoro | 03/04/06
multicore? try multiprocessor  Piper8 | 03/04/06
ok let me revise this a bit  Piper8 | 03/04/06
Maybe  IT Scion | 03/04/06
Oh, I would. I'm buying a Conroe. Good day. happy  A_Pickle | 03/03/06
Enjoy your Conroe, but....  vizenos | 03/04/06
Huh?  IT Scion | 03/04/06
Finally, real solid competition!!  Cayble | 03/03/06
Intel AMD  clockmendergb@... | 03/03/06
not anywhere near as user friendly as windows  devlin_X | 03/04/06
User-friendly Linux  vizenos | 03/04/06
But they're still making money!!!  Narg | 03/03/06
RE: "But they're still making money!!!"  ajapierce | 03/03/06
FAB36 started production and INTEL losing  sharikou | 03/03/06
Thats HIGHLY optimistic.  John Zern | 03/04/06
AMD's processor/memory bottleneck reduction...  Nix_0S_Fan | 03/04/06
A bloody nose can be a good thing.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 03/04/06
You got that right!...  Nix_0S_Fan | 03/04/06
To bad you aren't...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 03/04/06
ax  Network Support | 03/04/06
Not a matter of if, all about when.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 03/04/06
RE: "Not a matter of if, all about when."  ajapierce | 03/05/06
Ax, just curious - - - What are your thoughts on ...  Plain Logic | 03/05/06
I wish I had one!  No_Ax_to_Grind | 03/05/06
You're Right...  tty0 | 03/05/06
Turion for notebooks is great  philip.turner@... | 03/04/06
Correctamundo.. intel is full of it...  wizzzer | 03/06/06
What about DNA based Quantum computers.  twiegel@... | 03/05/06
Too slow, too expensive.  A_Pickle | 03/05/06
A VERY long way off.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 03/05/06
i haven't read the story yet, but...  IndredKold | 03/06/06
What Motivates ME to buy,..  the_webninja@... | 03/07/06
puhleeez  ret7772u | 03/07/06

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