Bio-Hazard
05-02-2006, 05:46 AM
"Steve Jobs promised all Macs to move to Intel by 2007, but does it include servers?
2006 is definitely a milestone for Apple. The company has left a lot of its traditions and opted to go for what's best available instead of what's "different". It was John Scully that originally came up with the idea to use PowerPC processors rather than more mainstream Intel processors. He has since then openly admitted that doing that was the worst mistake he made at Apple.
Despite Apple's transition to Intel processors, a lot of questions are rising about Apple's line of servers. Since their introduction, Apple's servers have not been well embraced by the business community. In fact, some analysts say that Apple's sales of its Xservers account for only 1% of the company's total revenue. Despite this, Apple continues to push its servers. "
http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=2070
2006 is definitely a milestone for Apple. The company has left a lot of its traditions and opted to go for what's best available instead of what's "different". It was John Scully that originally came up with the idea to use PowerPC processors rather than more mainstream Intel processors. He has since then openly admitted that doing that was the worst mistake he made at Apple.
Despite Apple's transition to Intel processors, a lot of questions are rising about Apple's line of servers. Since their introduction, Apple's servers have not been well embraced by the business community. In fact, some analysts say that Apple's sales of its Xservers account for only 1% of the company's total revenue. Despite this, Apple continues to push its servers. "
http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=2070