Apple and Intel Sitting in a Tree

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[One Hoopy Frood] The big computer news this week was announced earlier by Steve Jobs at WWDC (The worldwide Developers Conference). Jobs announced that Apple Computers...

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[Tuaw.com] The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW): I have to echo Mike Steinbaugh's comments above: this chart shows a dual 2-ghz G5 compared against 3Ghz Xeons (which are designed for servers, not general use) and a single 3ghz P4. What does this prove, exactly? How about comparing 2ghz G5s against 2ghz P4s?

[Gigaom.com] Om Malik’s Broadband Blog » Steve Jobs, like Howard Hughes, Mystifies: I would love to hear any ideas on on these business issues. I, for one, will sell my position in Apple and postpone any purchases if a move to x86 is announced tomorrow. I have no bias against the x86 and understand the bad position Apple is in regarding the lack of laptop-compatible G5 CPUs, but I can’t see how this transition can take place without devastating the company’s revenue and valuation.

[Redmonk.com] tecosystems: While the project - as Jonathan was very careful to note - is little more than an MIT research project, it's also an example in my mind of simplicity taken to the next level. While I agree with Grady that application design and development will always be difficult, I'm not that far from agreeing with Edwards' notion that "compared to every other field of design and engineering, programming is an embarrassment and a failure." Why are things still so damn hard? Because they have to be, or because we've let them progress that way?

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Posted at June 15, 2005 10:49 AM