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 Tuesday, 7 June 2005
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Apple's Next Test: Get Developers to Write Programs for Intel Chips
Apple's decision to shift the Macintosh microprocessor business to Intel was the latest bold maneuver by Steven Jobs.
[Via New York Times: Technology]
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On yesterday's Apple announcements. For users and...
On yesterday's Apple announcements. For users and most developers it's a non-event. It used to matter what the CPU was when developers optimized for specific architectures, but that generally doesn't happen anymore. Game developers do, and some graphics apps. But the vast majority of software is written at a very high level, in Flash, HTML, Javascript, Java, Basic, C, C++, anything but machine language. Also it might have made a difference when software was a face-paced business, when there was a huge difference between the apps available on one platform vs another. These days the most important thing about a platform is what apps don't run there, the viruses, spyware, etc. For that Mac OS has an advantage, for a while, but that has nothing to do with what its CPU is. The nasty bits are always written at a high level. So unless you're an employee or shareholder of Apple, IBM, Motorola, Intel, AMD, Microsoft, this is meaningless stuff. People who worry about an Osborne effect worry for naught. When the Intel CPUs ship the Mac will perform better, but they were going to ship machines that perform better no matter what. For the vast majority, yesterday's event was the usual Apple theater, but nothing more.
[Via Scripting News]
I'm sure Dave is right on most counts, but not the last one. He can't help but get in a jealous little boy dig at Apple. The MHz issue is not just theatre, it's for real.
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OSXAudio -- View topic - Apple switching chip architecture for real?
"It was kinda sexy the way he did it: "
You have to see this post. Too funny. Jobs rules.
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CBC News: Study shows heat and smog are killers
Monday was also the 14th day this year that Ontario's environment department issued a smog alert for Toronto. That matches the total number of smog warnings that were issued in all of 2004 – and this year's summer has not yet officially started.
Sunday the switch went off. It's freakin' hot in the city. Olivia was complaining bitterly. "I'm a winter girl!" At least it's been cooling off at night.
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