Re:The New Apple Advantage
by jarek on Saturday September 10, 2011 @12:30PM
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Yes. The grandfather's post claimed Apple's CPU engineers were involved, and it is that characterization I object to.
Incidentally, as I own a Thinkpad with a Core Duo CPU (July 2004 T60p, SL8VN), I think it might have been more accurate to emphasize "essentially" rather than "only."
Re:The New Apple Advantage
by rsynnott on Saturday September 10, 2011 @12:43PM
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Yep; they did make it outside Apple, but only barely. There were a few products from other companies using them, mostly low-power laptops, and of course they lived on for a year or so more as a budget chip branded as a Pentium.
Incidentally, as I own a Thinkpad with a Core Duo CPU (July 2004 T60p, SL8VN), I think it might have been more accurate to emphasize "essentially" rather than "only."