Star Editorial: Why Apple's Switch Makes Sense NOW
Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Sun 5th Jun 2005 22:11 UTC
Apple After News.com's Friday report that Apple is moving to Intel/x86, the respected publication Wall Street Journal and now NYTimes threw their reputation behind the rumor. Many people still remain skeptical, but I personally believe that the time is right for Apple to switch to x86-64, for two main reasons:
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Xeon 64bit does make sense
by Kazcous on Sun 5th Jun 2005 22:37 UTC

If Apple switches to Intel, it sure won't stick with the aging x86. Instead IA64 makes much more sense now.

These Xeons and Xeons MP currently runs pretty fast @ 3.66 Ghz, so Apple could get the "promised" PowerMac to 3.0Ghz+ in no time and get these Xeons in the Powerbook also.