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Ibm Sells Pc Biz To China
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IBM seems to want out of the PC business. What does this mean, if anything for their processor division which supplies chips to Apple? IBM has clearly stated that it wants to be a service and software outfit.
Will that, "Apple should have gone with Intel chips", return again?
Any thoughts or comments?
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It really has nothing to do with IBM's processors. IBM has never liked coughing up licensing fees to Microsoft or buying processors from one of their main competitors: Intel. Additionally, margins in the PC business are razor thin, even for IBM. Given the margins that IBM makes on their high-end equipment, they probably just came to feel that their PC business was a nuisance.
And if anything, this only reaffirms IBM's commitment to developing POWER chips.
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Eh... I probably should have checked the lounge before moving this. I had forgotten that there was already a thread on this subject.
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I like chicken
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I think you just had a self-realized timeline. or something. 
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I think that this is a good thing for Apple.  This will allow IBM to concentrate on the PPC processor used by Apple.
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Originally posted by wdlove:
I think that this is a good thing for Apple. This will allow IBM to concentrate on the PPC processor used by Apple.
No they won't have more people working on the powerpc line of chips, they will have massive layoffs in the pc division.
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Originally posted by macaddict0001:
No they won't have more people working on the powerpc line of chips, they will have massive layoffs in the pc division.
No they won't (at least not initially). That division is being taken over by Lenovo too.
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There are always layoffs associated with takeovers, and my point was mostly that ppc development won't go any faster.
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woohoo .. lenovo .. they seem ... creative n innovative. i see good things happening with their line of pc's...
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china will be your god soon
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Originally posted by mixin visuals:
china will be your god soon
hey . i'm chinese .. it wouldnt hurt me in the united states (well .. economically .. but i meant race wise) .. hard to explain what i mean and i'm too lazy to get into how minorities are viewed in relation to their home country's status in the world .. .but yeah ...
as much as i want to live in the best place in the world ... i cant help but see the united states overtaken by china .. economically and militarily within my lifetime *sigh* .. that sucks ...
we need to get our budget and trade deficits under control .. if not .. we are @#$%inated (go Demonhood )
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