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To: Robert Salasidis who wrote (32885)	3/26/2002 6:43:14 PM
From: Dave	Respond to of 213182

Peripherals are another matter. I was stressing the main CPU hardware itself (and this board knows it but somehow likes to skirt the issue) Well it wasn't at all clear in your post that you were talking about the CPU itself, and even then, you're still wrong. You can upgrade your Mac CPU any time you want to. There are several companies that sell CPU upgrades for Macs. If on the other hand you were saying that you can't swap your Mac's PowerPC CPU to an x86 CPU, well that's true but not very interesting. You also can't swap your Wintel's CPU for a MIPS processor or a Nintendo CPU. If you're looking for a "closed community," whatever that is, you should be looking at the Windows world. It becomes more and more closed every day. And unless a new president who's not beholden to his corporate "johns" steps up and rebuilds a DoJ that will prosecutes Microsoft for its abuses, the Windows world will continue this monopolistic closure. Dave

To: Robert Salasidis who wrote (32885)	3/26/2002 7:08:37 PM
From: Jeff Hayden	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 213182

Are non-Intel motherboards capable of using Rambus memory? Seriously, I don't know. I'm just asking.

To: Robert Salasidis who wrote (32885)	3/26/2002 8:30:51 PM
From: jonkai	Respond to of 213182

Peripherals are another matter. I was stressing the main CPU hardware itself (and this board knows it but somehow likes to skirt the issue) having three different motherbrds is the reason Wintel computers are so flaky in the first place.... plug and play is like a nightmare in those situations, let alone peripherals.... apple making sure that software works seemlessly with hardware is the key advantage that keeps apple customers having happier experiences and why apple has better products.... i would call having Architecture tightly controlled by people who also write the software a great advantage... and why apple stock is now outperforming MSFT, DELL, GTW CPQ and HP now adays.... having the ability to expand with firewire and USB, and the ability to be standard with the internet is ALL APPLE EVER NEEDS TO BE.... if they can build 600,000 iMacs is all apple is concerned with right now..... and shareholders will be very well off, if Apple continues on the current path, except solving the production problem.... to be perfect, they also need to solve the PPC problem of it not keeping up with Moore's law.... along with the dilution problem...... and if they shorten the time between products, that would only be icying on the cake.... jon.