Olympus-OM
[Top] [All Lists]

[OM] Re: [OT] Is The MAC Dead

Subject: [OM] Re: [OT] Is The MAC Dead
From: "Jeff Keller" <jrk_om@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 1 Jan 2005 11:13:50 -0800
Not all microprocessors are used in personal computers. Internet equipment 
uses quite a few (admittedly less than PCs). Compatibility with Microsoft 
adds no value. Power PC chips can generated significant profits.
-jeff
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Julian Davies" <julian_davies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [OM] Re: [OT] Is The MAC Dead


>
> No, companies produce what is profitable. However good the power PC is as 
> a
> chip, it is not in the same league of unit profitability as a Pentium god
> knows what. Intel will use vastly greater resources to keep it that way, 
> and
> they have some other areas of performance growth to investigate too.

==============================================
List usage info:     http://www.zuikoholic.com
List nannies:        olympusadmin@xxxxxxxxxx
==============================================

<Prev in Thread] Current Thread [Next in Thread>
Sponsored by Tako
Impressum | Datenschutz