memento said:
Actually, right now Intel's roadmap is a mess. They don't have an answer for AMD's biggest and best that is within reach in the next year or two. Their chips are slower. They produce more heat. What Intel does have is a proven track record which is something AMD has managed to blow on many occasions. They also have the ability to produce their own custom chipsets.
That being said, don't really want to start an Apple vs. M$, or Intel vs. AMD flame war here. However I would be very surprised if we don't see some Apple on AMD sometime in the near future. Sure Intel's ability to do their own chipsets (and in the process be able to cook up any scheme Apple wants/requires to prevent OSX from becoming easily stolen) probably won them over to the Intel side of things but the cold hard fact is that neither company has been even close to adequate on the supply side. Neither one can crank out enough chips. Add on to their usual supply problems additional demand from one of the most demanding companies on the planet and I think Intel is going to find themselves with a huge chip deficit. I think that together both companies can keep the beige box crowd happy while keeping Steve into parts as well.
) it really had nothing to do with the chips. It came down to the fact that right now Intel is the total package. They made the chips (the fact that they are a little behind AMD had no bearing) and the chipsets. The chipset was key for the type of protection Apple wanted. BIOS is dying (finally) and we have Apple to thank for it.
