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Delays: The Spice of Life (6/23/98)
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It's another bummer for Intel, as systems using its new "Xeon" variation of the Pentium II may be delayed until later this summer. Apparently the problem is with the 450NX chip set-- which would give Xeon servers the ability to use more then four processors, vast amounts of RAM, and other features useful in a gigantor server-- and not with the Xeon itself. The 450NX bug is expected to delay the chip set for six to eight weeks. PC Week Online has the details.

Of course, any news about Xeon processors is less relevant to us now than we had originally thought; Xeon-based servers won't compete with anything Apple has to offer, because Apple doesn't offer any multiprocessing servers. The Xeon systems are big. Really big. And until Apple decides to ship servers with eight processors, 8 GB of RAM, etc., comparisons between Xeons and PowerPCs are rather pointless. Still, with Mac OS Rumors claiming that Apple plans to jump heavily into the server game, who knows what the future holds?

 
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The above scene was taken from the 6/23/98 episode:

June 23, 1998: What's this? An Apple-Disney rumor that doesn't propose a buyout? Meanwhile, Microsoft scores a big win in its big ol' legal fracas with the Justice Department, and Intel announces delays on the chip set to be used in high-end Xeon servers...

Other scenes from that episode:

  • 798: M-a-c, i-n-t, o-s-h-e-s (6/23/98)   Oooo, just when we thought juicy Disney rumors had become passé, no less a visionary than the eminent Don Crabb decides to spill what he's been hearing around the virtual water cooler. Over at MacCentral, he reveals that there may be a big and secret deal in the works between Apple and Disney-- and no, it's not the buyout we've all heard whispers about for so long...

  • 799: Wheels Keep Turning (6/23/98)   Score another one for Microsoft! A federal appeals court has looked favorably upon their challenging of last December's preliminary injunction, which required them not to force PC manufacturers to include Internet Explorer on Windows 95 systems...

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