Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 1st May 2009 20:39 UTC, submitted by SReilly
Apple's recent hiring spree of chip designers reveals the company may be about to exert even more control over the components that go into its products. The company may go so far as manufacturing computer processors in-house, according to The Wall Street Journal, which cites only anonymous sources to bolster its claim that the internally designed chips will appear in products no sooner than 2010.
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RE[2]: Not CPU's, other chips.
by xiaokj on Fri 1st May 2009 21:51
in reply to "RE: Not CPU's, other chips."
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Judging by what they do on the iPod, I could see them locking out any other operating systems, but I think it's expected by most people that multiple operating systems are allowed on a computer and they wouldn't do that.
I beg to differ. To the masses, the computer is just another tool with just one interface. We are hideously in the minority. Maybe hence it is why Steve still fights against third parties.
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I don't think they're not going to want to close it off entirely. Bootcamp? Do they really want to write up multiple drivers for multiple operating systems? What about people who use other operating systems on their computer?
Judging by what they do on the iPod, I could see them locking out any other operating systems, but I think it's expected by most people that multiple operating systems are allowed on a computer and they wouldn't do that. Even though I use (and like) OSx itself, I wouldn't buy under the assumption I couldn't put any operating system on my computer. Perhaps they'll allow certain parts of the hardware to run under ANY operating system, but 'secret' parts of hardware will only run under OSx, like the PS3?
Who knows, time will tell I guess...