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To: Doren who wrote (34912)	9/12/2002 12:12:51 PM
From: Dave	Read Replies (2) of 213182

Doren, I agree that the best thing that Apple could do strategically right now is to introduce a machine that is incompatible with ALL existing Macintosh software just because it runs on an x86. That is, that's the best thing they could do if their primary goal is to lose all of their installed base and enter bankruptcy as quickly as possible. Or they could buy Motorola's interest in the AIM consortium, with which Motorola would most likely be more than happy to part, and then partner with IBM to solidify the PPC's performance lead over x86. And they should migrate to the 64-bit POWER chips as soon as they have their vector extensions working. The primary benefit of switching to x86 would be to have a faster clock frequency. So maybe what they should do is simply to quadruple the clock rate on the PPC, and use a simple counter to block 3 out of 4 clock pulses. Then they could immediately ship a 5 GHz PPC with exactly the same performance as their 1.25 GHz chip. Would that satisfy your fast-clockrate hunger? Dave

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