Steve Makris of The Edmonton Journal has posted a conversation with Intel’s Pat Gelsinger, Intel’s Senior VP and Chief Technology Officer. Some of the parts of the conversation touch upon Apple Computer:
Edmonton Journal: “Did Steve Jobs make the right chip decision, choosing IBM for his upcoming G5 processor, or will Apple be missing out on some pretty hot Intel technology?”
Intel’s Gelsinger: “I think Steve Jobs has made the wrong CPU choice for 20 years, he just added a few more years to the life of his bad decisions. Steve’s not an illogical guy, he’s passionate and opinionated about the directions he wants [but it] is a poor path for the company as well as a poor path for the users.”
Edmonton Journal: “What do Intel chips have to offer?”
Intel’s Gelsinger: “Our chips would help Apple could find ways to open up more applications for themselves, a broader set of products, we have Centrino mobile products that are stunningly good. I don’t think it’s a good decision for Apple or for their customers, but they’ve done a good job of turning the company back around at the same time so you can’t discount all the things that they’re doing and all the decisions they’ve made.”
Edmonton Journal: “How would you compare the Apple vertical market to Intel
Yeah, and Intel has made the wrong platform choice for 20 years. Oh, well… their loss.
“let me guess, you’re a graphics pro who reads only mac sites to get his information about fab processing?”
First of all, graphic designer does not equal uninformed idiot. I am a designer and that does not make me unqualified to learn about and discuss computers.
Second, I get my info from many sources, including some like Ars Technica: http://arstechnica.com/cpu/03q1/ppc970/ppc970-0.html
Third…arguments like yours (“I am the Great Oz! Do not look behind the curtain!”) point to your deep-seeded doubts about the Intel line. And your doubts are justified. The 970-980 line is going to spank Intel and it’s only going to get worse. A lot worse.
Say goodbye to the malaise of the Motorola days, and hiya to the new era of IBM.
Media,
You asked about Mac clusters. Here’s a few:
http://www.ats.ucla.edu/at/clustering/campus_cluster_web_sites.htm
http://exodus.physics.ucla.edu/appleseed/appleseed.html
http://www.cmu.edu/computing/project/macosx/
http://www.lindaspaces.com/news/news071901.html
and here’s a bootload on Apple’s page:
http://www.apple.com/scitech/research/hiperformance/cluster/
I’m tired of pasting stuff from the Google search. It is obvious you have no idea what you are talking about.
It would probably be a good idea if you didn’t say anything at all.
Worf
media.
tool.
“Media”, how much further off-base (lie?) can you get?
First, you equated slower RPM with lower quality. I fail to see the comparison. In fact, with electronics and mechanics in general, an increase in speed as a tendency to introduce errors.
Next, in terms of using shoddy products, try quoting from an independent source like http://www.consumerreports.org/main/detailv3.jsp?CONTENT<>cnt_id =305449
Apple computers are more reliable than ANY Microsoft/Intel/AMD contraption. In addition, if there is a problem, you can depend on Apple to take care of their users better than anyone else (see same report).
Shoddy is the very last thing anyone, even Bill Gates, would say about any of Apple’s products. Shoddy is what you get when you try to imitate a high quality product at a much lower price; it usually results in numerous crashes, poor security, endless “patches”, numerous calls to tech support and constant attention from the user.
It is obvious that “Media” has resorted to name-calling and blatant lies out of desperation and/or jealousy.
About mobile drives
5400rpm drives also are made by Toshiba
7200rpm drives have been on the market for 2 months now (purchasable) and shipped as part of OEM systems for a month.
just some info…