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Easy with 20/20 hindsight, but back then Apple didn't know it would be a few months. Should Intel have had unforeseen trouble with the Core 2 and decided to del
by bzzzt 6y ago
Easy with 20/20 hindsight, but back then Apple didn't know it would be a few months. Should Intel have had unforeseen trouble with the Core 2 and decided to delay the release they would not be releasing any hardware.
Also, availability of enough processors and ease of porting existing 32-bits x86 Windows software could have been factors.
- vetinari 6y agoSure, easy with hindsight. But they did take that option and now refuse to pay the price. They are forcing paying the price on their users now. They got additional benefit at the time, if I remember correctly: Adobe suite was 32-bit + Carbon; so having 32-bit x86 ABI allowed to them and to Adobe to have the suite running natively on the new CPUs, buying Adobe time to port to 64-bit and Cocoa, and axe Carbon without waiting to axe Intel entirely. Given the benefits they got, they should be called for not wanting to pay the price.