RE: Apple snubs Alpha Processor Inc.

["Donsbach, Jeff" <Jeff Donsbach hp com>]

I don't know how true it is, but the popular urban legend around here is that Digital had it's chance and blew it. Apple approached Digital about using Alpha in the Mac and it was either Ken O or GQ Bob said "no thanks". Apple went with PPC and the rest is history.

William H Magill wrote:
> And besides... Apple snubbed API a long time ago. OS X has 
> been running on
> Alpha for about 3 years now -- since Rhapsody days (and 
> Darwin compiles on
> Alpha today). If Apple had chosen Alpha as the chip for the 
> future, we 
> probably would all be much happier today. ... As I recall, 
> Apple almost
> sells more Macs in a month than all of the Alphas Compaq and Digital
> combined ever sold. 
>