Qiranworms
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I think you're overreacting to the switch, ATI.
G5 couldn't go into laptop, G4 is yesterday's greatest and doesn't stand up anymore, IBM didn't care nearly as much about computer processors compared to ones for game consoles because Apple was their only customer. I know the PowerPC had huge potential, and is theoretically a better processor design, but the fact is, x86 is outperforming it due to all the development focus that just can't exist for PowerPC. The ecomony is currently favouring x86, and thus they will continue to get faster, better, cooler, and more efficient. G5s hold their ground in many areas, but the fact is, it made more sense for Apple to go for a company that focused on what they needed. G5 could have probably stood its ground for longer, but the G4 is old, and when so much of their Mac sales lie in notebooks, they needed something that wasn't going to sit and stagnate.
You talk about not enough platform documentation, but this way, they don't NEED to write any more of it. It already exists, meaning they don't have to devote resources to the platform's development; it already exists.
It had to be done. Their machines will probably perform better because of it. I agree that PowerPC could have been much greater, but it just isn't working out that way, and it was pretty necessary to jump ship.
G5 couldn't go into laptop, G4 is yesterday's greatest and doesn't stand up anymore, IBM didn't care nearly as much about computer processors compared to ones for game consoles because Apple was their only customer. I know the PowerPC had huge potential, and is theoretically a better processor design, but the fact is, x86 is outperforming it due to all the development focus that just can't exist for PowerPC. The ecomony is currently favouring x86, and thus they will continue to get faster, better, cooler, and more efficient. G5s hold their ground in many areas, but the fact is, it made more sense for Apple to go for a company that focused on what they needed. G5 could have probably stood its ground for longer, but the G4 is old, and when so much of their Mac sales lie in notebooks, they needed something that wasn't going to sit and stagnate.
You talk about not enough platform documentation, but this way, they don't NEED to write any more of it. It already exists, meaning they don't have to devote resources to the platform's development; it already exists.
It had to be done. Their machines will probably perform better because of it. I agree that PowerPC could have been much greater, but it just isn't working out that way, and it was pretty necessary to jump ship.
