Re: FLASH: Reality check re *Flash 4 Magic* file?

[Richard McLean]

>>  AFAIK, Apple signed a deal with IBM to allow them to help produce the

>>  chips, due to a fear that Motorola wouldn't be able to produce enough,

>>  but they should be the same chips and both companies continue to

>>  produce them. I hope this is true :) Anyway, that's what I heard several

>>  months ago.

>

>Even one "month ago" is kinda old these days, nicht wahr? :-)

>

>See http://www.appleinsider.com



You can't believe everything you read you know. :-)


AFAIK, Apple and Motorola are getting IBM to help out with the 500MHz 

G4 production while Mot work out a Altivec related bug that showed up 

when they went over 500. They're also testing 780MHz chips that 

aren't real far away. IBM are working with a different fab, but I 

don't think AIM is on the rocks like you seem to be possibly 

suggesting.


Would you rather Apple have shipped them and then recalled like Intel 

did with the Pentium? Patience is key, the dual-core G4 monsters will 

arrive.




kind regards,

Richard McLean


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