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Date: Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:28
Date: Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:28
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John Slade wrote: > Actually I think Apple's portable devices and music sales are > overshadowing their computers. It's the sale that keeps on selling. > They needed to go to Intel architecture > to keep their computers from becoming obsolete. The big problem with their old architecture was that they could no longer compete in the laptop market with the PowerPC because Intel was so far ahead in terms of low power consumption notebook processors. It was affecting battery life, thermals, and performance. They also got tired of paying a premium price for every peripheral chip they used in their machines. The switch to x86 was one of the smartest moves they made in the history of the company. Only Jobs could have pulled that off without destroying the loyalty of the fanbois.
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