Linked by Nicholas Blachford on Mon 15th Jul 2002 01:14 UTC
According to a brief paragraph on MacOS Rumours Apple may be switching to IBM POWER4 CPUs instead of the Motorola G5 for future Macs.
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We don't know how fast a future CPU would be, but I can assure you that future iNTEL and AMD CPUs will be faster than they are today, and most certainly because they are pumping a lot of money into making desktop and low end server CPUs (Itanium is a chapter of its own, so lets not include it yet).
IBM on the other hand doesn't seem to like desktop computers that much (or harddisks), and Motorola isn't too into putting a huge effort into desktop CPUs.
What a mess for Jobs... Really expensive computers without any real performance, and soon possibly without an office package from M$. If this is not the time for action, there has never been a time for action.
What Apple needs is a new injection of partners. They need new subcontractors to make certain parts in their computers. How about paying a visit to Taiwan for high performance chipsets? How about a joint venture with some large companies to produce really fast CPUs? Something has to be done if they are not to be left behind completely.
And, on a personal note, good design can be joined with practical issues. I would never buy an imac, it is just way to impractical. The Cube should have been the iMac, but at $1,000 (and not a cent more).