Originally posted by mattpepprell
The Intel based Macintosh computers will be based on an 8086 architecture, the same as any Pentium CPU. It is likely that there will be EMT64 technology within these processors that allow for 64bit computing. The OS Apple will sell standalone like they currently do, so instead of wasting your money on a mac, build yourself an Intel based machine (Pentium, not Celeron) and buy the OS and enjoy the savings. Also, Intel are not the fastest CPU manufacturers nor the best, AMD is.
It a common misonception that because Intel have the biggest market share then they are the best... this is not true. An equivelent AMD processor will outperform its Intel counterpart in most situations, but not in video encoding.
Also, the Windows XP source code is very, very complex and requires a hell of alot of knowledge to be able to even start using it. It will all be written in C++ and you can be sure that Microsoft will make it very unreadable. Thats if you ever get your hands on a copy to take home/download. If you are really that bothered about OS source code, look at Linux. This was built from the very beginning to have the source code shared and therefore will be likely a lot more readable and usable. In short, Microsoft will never release the source code to there OS to the general public, you are getting mixed up. Instead, it will be released to mainly government organisations, and that is of course if Microsoft complies.
A Google search for Microsoft Lawsuit returns 5,900,000 results. From the same search engine, Linux Lawsuit returns 1,970,000 results and the first page is... Microsoft against Linux.
If Apple, together with MacOSX [insert animal name here] has the same success as Linux, then I am sure Microsoft will make Apples life as hard as possible, which they are already doing with Linux and Open Source.
First of all you need to get some of your facts about Apple straight. There is no way to run MacOSX on a homebuilt Intel machine. The only way you could do that is with some major modifications to the source code which you will NEVER be getting because Apple doesn't realease it.
One of the main reasons Apple chose to go with Intel was because of their low power high performance laptop chips. IBM, the developer of the G5 chip doesn't have a need to pump millions of dollars into developing a cooler G5 for use in laptops. And, as I've stated before the new Macs run programs much faster than the old ones do. Even when running Power PC only programs, speed is still comparable.
I would appreciate it if you would check your facts before stating that anyone can go out and buy Intel parts and have a Mac. It is worth the money to buy a computer better than a stupid beige Windows box.