From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jacob Gorm Hansen Subject: Re: Microsoft plans 'hypervisor' for Longhorn Date: Tue, 07 Jun 2005 18:49:58 -0700 Message-ID: <42A64EC6.9050101@diku.dk> References: <000b01c56bc5$b6a1bef0$0201a8c0@hawk> <9e473391050607183974e20bcf@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <9e473391050607183974e20bcf@mail.gmail.com> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xensource.com Errors-To: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xensource.com To: Jon Smirl Cc: xen-devel@lists.xensource.com List-Id: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org Jon Smirl wrote: > On 08 Jun 2005 02:21:04 +0100, M.A. Williamson wrote: > >>>Article mentions Xen as Microsoft's competition. > > > Could Apple's x86 switch require Intel VT too? The one year delay > lines up with VT availability. Requiring Intel VT would probably lock > out all existing machines since it would be difficult to emulate on > existing chips. Intel VT specific shuts out AMD which matches their > announcement. I had a look at some of their developer docs and they were IA-32 specific. I don't think Apple has a VMM plan at the moment, and I don't think they care too much about running Windows apps as they would fear that the presence of good Windows emulation would reduce the number of native apps for their system. I think they will do everything they can to keep their machines special, to keep their brand value. I would not buy Apple stock at this point, their plan seems extremely risky. Jacob