Comments on: The iPad Might Mean the End of Intel Macs, and That Scares Me http://plankhead.com/blog/1417/the-ipad-might-mean-the-end-of-intel-macs-and-that-scares-me The Official Plankhead of Plankhead...wait, what? Thu, 29 Jul 2010 10:49:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Zacqary Adam Green http://plankhead.com/blog/1417/the-ipad-might-mean-the-end-of-intel-macs-and-that-scares-me/comment-page-1#comment-708 Zacqary Adam Green Sun, 31 Jan 2010 12:30:06 +0000 http://plankhead.com/?p=1417#comment-708 Yeah, Adobe wouldn't play ball, but as I said, Apple might have the ability to cut them out of the picture in the long term by rolling their own Photoshop. They've already got Final Cut and Motion to compete with Premiere and After Effects, so why not expand?<br><br>Still, in the short-term, Apple probably just wants to use their own CPU for their mobile stuff, but it's almost inconceivable that they're not seriously considering rolling that technology into Macs. Yeah, Adobe wouldn't play ball, but as I said, Apple might have the ability to cut them out of the picture in the long term by rolling their own Photoshop. They've already got Final Cut and Motion to compete with Premiere and After Effects, so why not expand?

Still, in the short-term, Apple probably just wants to use their own CPU for their mobile stuff, but it's almost inconceivable that they're not seriously considering rolling that technology into Macs.

]]> By: Higgins http://plankhead.com/blog/1417/the-ipad-might-mean-the-end-of-intel-macs-and-that-scares-me/comment-page-1#comment-707 Higgins Sun, 31 Jan 2010 11:06:51 +0000 http://plankhead.com/?p=1417#comment-707 Some of these thoughts ran through my head too when they announced their own CPU. Flashbacks to PowerPC days. I think Apple just wanted a more efficient mobile CPU that they could control, is all, where things like speed need to be balanced with the all-important power consumption.<br><br>When it comes to their desktop computers, it doesn't make sense for them to move away from Intel. Adobe sure as heck ain't going to program a new CS suite for them. :) Desktops are the power-users' realm in Apple's book, and it doesn't seem to make economic sense for them to try to futz with that since they're so focused on mobile computing for the foreseeable future. That and desktop computers have plugs. Some of these thoughts ran through my head too when they announced their own CPU. Flashbacks to PowerPC days. I think Apple just wanted a more efficient mobile CPU that they could control, is all, where things like speed need to be balanced with the all-important power consumption.

When it comes to their desktop computers, it doesn't make sense for them to move away from Intel. Adobe sure as heck ain't going to program a new CS suite for them. :) Desktops are the power-users' realm in Apple's book, and it doesn't seem to make economic sense for them to try to futz with that since they're so focused on mobile computing for the foreseeable future. That and desktop computers have plugs.

]]> By: Zacqary Adam Green http://plankhead.com/blog/1417/the-ipad-might-mean-the-end-of-intel-macs-and-that-scares-me/comment-page-1#comment-636 Zacqary Adam Green Sun, 31 Jan 2010 07:30:06 +0000 http://plankhead.com/?p=1417#comment-636 Yeah, Adobe wouldn't play ball, but as I said, Apple might have the ability to cut them out of the picture in the long term by rolling their own Photoshop. They've already got Final Cut and Motion to compete with Premiere and After Effects, so why not expand?<br><br>Still, in the short-term, Apple probably just wants to use their own CPU for their mobile stuff, but it's almost inconceivable that they're not seriously considering rolling that technology into Macs. Yeah, Adobe wouldn't play ball, but as I said, Apple might have the ability to cut them out of the picture in the long term by rolling their own Photoshop. They've already got Final Cut and Motion to compete with Premiere and After Effects, so why not expand?

Still, in the short-term, Apple probably just wants to use their own CPU for their mobile stuff, but it's almost inconceivable that they're not seriously considering rolling that technology into Macs.

]]> By: Higgins http://plankhead.com/blog/1417/the-ipad-might-mean-the-end-of-intel-macs-and-that-scares-me/comment-page-1#comment-635 Higgins Sun, 31 Jan 2010 06:06:51 +0000 http://plankhead.com/?p=1417#comment-635 Some of these thoughts ran through my head too when they announced their own CPU. Flashbacks to PowerPC days. I think Apple just wanted a more efficient mobile CPU that they could control, is all, where things like speed need to be balanced with the all-important power consumption.<br><br>When it comes to their desktop computers, it doesn't make sense for them to move away from Intel. Adobe sure as heck ain't going to program a new CS suite for them. :) Desktops are the power-users' realm in Apple's book, and it doesn't seem to make economic sense for them to try to futz with that since they're so focused on mobile computing for the foreseeable future. That and desktop computers have plugs. Some of these thoughts ran through my head too when they announced their own CPU. Flashbacks to PowerPC days. I think Apple just wanted a more efficient mobile CPU that they could control, is all, where things like speed need to be balanced with the all-important power consumption.

When it comes to their desktop computers, it doesn't make sense for them to move away from Intel. Adobe sure as heck ain't going to program a new CS suite for them. :) Desktops are the power-users' realm in Apple's book, and it doesn't seem to make economic sense for them to try to futz with that since they're so focused on mobile computing for the foreseeable future. That and desktop computers have plugs.

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