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> Seriously - the idea that Apple "controls" the hardware needs to be
> taken outside and given a decent burial.
>
> Apple are in the process of completing a move to the industry standard
> architecture which is determined by the bigger players - Intel, AMD,
> Nvidia and the Dramurai. Apple is going to be running a distribution
> network, speccing cases to be made by third parties and supplying OS
> software and a few content creation apps that they have bought.

No argument. But any machine that bear the name "Macintosh" is going  
to be comprised of components both chosen and tested by Apple for  
compatibility and compliance. Which is something that Microsoft has  
yet to provide as they are fundamentally a software-only company (all  
mice and other doodads notwithstanding) -- I've long said that the  
best thing they could do for Windows (which is not inherently a bad  
OS, it's just often run on bad systems) is to start manufacturing  
systems as Apple does.





Brian
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Logic Audio Pro 7.1
PowerMac G4 933MHz
OS X 10.4.2
1 GB RAM
MOTU 828mkII
   - driver v1.2.5
   - CueMix v1.5
   - firmware 1.0.1
   - bootloader 1.0.1