Macintosh Incorporates Intel Chips

Mephisto · January 17, 2006, 12:17 AM

http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1909608,00.asp

I just saw the commercial on T.V. and Googled a search.

As a another matter for serious discussion: I thought Intel & Microsoft were close partners? And if so, why would Intel do this? Or is money so much more important as to compromising current relations?

topaz · January 17, 2006, 01:04 AM

The new Mac is supposed to be able to boot into Windows, and it's not like Apple is a big threat to Microsoft in the first place.

LordNevar · January 17, 2006, 05:26 AM

Some advice, if you follow the Stock Market at all, invest in intel. At $26.18 a share, you can't beat that, and if it does take off like estimates call for. Than you can make a pretty penny off of it.

quasi-modo · January 17, 2006, 09:05 AM

They also said invest heavily before the pd and x2 came out and that so far has fizzled.

Hitmen · January 17, 2006, 01:52 PM

Quote from: quasi-modo on January 17, 2006, 09:05 AM
They also said invest heavily before the pd and x2 came out and that so far has fizzled.

Haha, fizzled? Yesterday I checked that stupid stock market simulator thing that trust posted a link to a while ago. This was definately before the x2 came out, and I had a bunch of AMD stock and it's up 70% since I bought it. A gain of $13,440 off of a $19,200 initial investment isn't exactly what I would call "fizzled", more like "damn, I wish that was real money".

Yegg · January 17, 2006, 02:50 PM

Quote from: Mephisto on January 17, 2006, 12:17 AM
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1909608,00.asp

I just saw the commercial on T.V. and Googled a search.

As a another matter for serious discussion: I thought Intel & Microsoft were close partners? And if so, why would Intel do this? Or is money so much more important as to compromising current relations?

Actually you didn't need to google this. Last week is when I noticed this after a conversation with a friend about processor architectures, apple.com had their new works on the front page.

quasi-modo · January 17, 2006, 09:40 PM

Quote from: Hitmen on January 17, 2006, 01:52 PM
Quote from: quasi-modo on January 17, 2006, 09:05 AM
They also said invest heavily before the pd and x2 came out and that so far has fizzled.
Haha, fizzled? Yesterday I checked that stupid stock market simulator thing that trust posted a link to a while ago. This was definately before the x2 came out, and I had a bunch of AMD stock and it's up 70% since I bought it. A gain of $13,440 off of a $19,200 initial investment isn't exactly what I would call "fizzled", more like "damn, I wish that was real money".

Not likely because of the X2. AMD is just becoming more and more main stream. Neither intel or amd have had a large boost from the recent release of their dual cored procs. Trouble is dual cored procs aren't really making it into the desktop pcs yet.

hismajesty · January 21, 2006, 11:08 AM

Apple has had a great increase in stock price recently too. I just was curious and was looking at that Investopedia game we did here awhile ago, My Apple stock went from $38 to $76.

quasi-modo · January 21, 2006, 12:25 PM

Why don't we start over and do that again sometime?

hismajesty · January 21, 2006, 01:30 PM

Because nobody was active in it.

Douglas · January 21, 2006, 03:09 PM

Im down.

The new MacBooks?
Wow.
My G4? Not even close.

In response to the Intel + Microsoft = Love ; As AMD is becoming more sold in stores / manufacturers, you have to think that maybe Intel is feeling the heat?
I was a Product Specialist at Circuit City; I sold more AMDs over Intel just because of my personal prefrence, so who knows.

Macintosh Incorporates Intel Chips

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