Intel + apple?

[Ycon]

Well... Intel is OK, but I dont understand y Apple had to switch to x86 the biggest pain computers ever faced...
They coulda been pretty well-off (actually even more than that) with pure RISC processing, but NOOOOOOO, now it will take even longer for the industry to get rid of the horrible x86 thingy.
Just look at Itanium² and Power5. They really are something totally different and also use way more efficient architectures but COME ON! that much of a performance ownage only cause of a more advanced architecture?

 

[slvr_phoenix]

Since when is x86 a big pain? Hell, since when are today's x86 CPUs even actually based on x86 once you get under the hood? It's all just translating x86 instructions into micro-code these days anyway.

Further, I wouldn't exactly call Itanium a more efficient architecture. If anything I'd call it the opposite as far as efficiency goes.

 

[Ycon]

If I asked you a question, could you answer quicker if I talked in English or in Chinese?

 

[slvr_phoenix]

If I asked you a question, could you answer quicker if I talked in English or in Chinese?

:lol: :lol: :lol: Considering that I don't know a shred of Chinese, you'd probably get an answer quicker in Chinese, because I'd just say "Huh?" instead of actually answering. It just may not be the answer that you're wanting.

If you're asking to take this conversation into Chinese, good luck.

If you're trying to allude to some manner of answer by asking a question, maybe you should take the time to be more thorough, because I'm not following how it's even remotely related.

And if you're aiming for something else entirely, then you've really lost me.