From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 17 18:31:47 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: FreeBSD-Questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: FreeBSD-Questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E9A2E16A41F for ; Thu, 17 Nov 2005 18:31:47 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from chad@shire.net) Received: from hobbiton.shire.net (hobbiton.shire.net [166.70.252.250]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2458643D78 for ; Thu, 17 Nov 2005 18:31:42 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from chad@shire.net) Received: from [67.161.222.227] (helo=[192.168.99.68]) by hobbiton.shire.net with esmtpa (Exim 4.51) id 1EcoXt-000KCh-RZ; Thu, 17 Nov 2005 11:31:42 -0700 In-Reply-To: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v746.2) X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <573AFC9A-FB3F-427F-874D-05FCEDF2B27C@shire.net> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: "Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC" Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2005 11:31:41 -0700 To: Ted Mittelstaedt X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.746.2) X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: 67.161.222.227 X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: chad@shire.net X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No (on hobbiton.shire.net); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Cc: David Kelly , FreeBSD-Questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Status of 6.0 for production systems X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2005 18:31:48 -0000 On Nov 17, 2005, at 6:01 AM, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: > >> In real world use my 256MB G4-400 MacOS X 10.4.3 Powerbook is faster >> than my 512MB 2GHz WinXP Pro box at work. > > But - Chad said that the G4 is a no-go? That the G5 was an absolute > requirement > for laptop use? Yet your saying that a G4 for a laptop is perfectly > acceptable? > Then why again ais Apple moving to Intel chips to get laptops? :-) Current G4 chips work fine in laptops and allow people to get their work done. Some people need more. But G4s are not competitive with the Intel competition and into the future would be even less competitive. Long term Apple needed a new solution. They chose what they feel (and probably is) the best solution. Personally I would rather have had AMD but the current AMD laptop solution (and laptops were Apple's biggest concerns IMHO) is not as strong and Intel is seen as a stronger partner. It is all irrelevant anyway as AMD and Intel are the same architecture anyway and so Apple could easily move to AMD or to a mix without SW issues. Chad --- Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC Your Web App and Email hosting provider chad@shire.net