Re: os scripting and Intel ?
Re: os scripting and Intel ?
- Subject: Re: os scripting and Intel ?
- From: Barry Wainwright <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 08 Jun 2005 16:10:55 +0100
- Thread-topic: os scripting and Intel ?
On 8/6/05 09:34, "Christian Vinaa" <email@hidden> wrote:
> perhaps this is not the relevant forum, but anyhow...
>
> 1.
> i presume that since the OS remains the same ( or just about ) that
> switching to Intel chippies will not be a scripting problem ?
You presume right. That was 'scenario 1' in SJ's table of switching -
"Scripts, widgets, java - they 'just work', no need to change anything".
>
> 2.
> however; i am still so young that I can remember the Y2000 problems
> that, as far as I remember, was due to basic computing 'set-up'
> limitation *and* that apple didnt have that problem, sooooooooo
That was a problem in windows data structures, not in chip architecture.
>
> what other problems can we foresee with Intel
There is a potential for some mathematical / spreadsheet functions to return
slightly different results. This is due to Intel's higher precision in
calculations. You can see some of these effects now by comparing the same
spreadsheet run in excel 2003 on windows and in VPC. These issues are not
likely to be earth shattering.
I am sure that some very hardware specific programmes will get broken.
Other than that, I don't foresee any huge issues.
>
> basically; what limitations do Intel chippies have that apple
> chippies dont have ?
You can't use them to make toast.
--
Barry
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