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Apple obtains over 200 Freescale Semiconductor hardware patents

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Apple obtains over 200 Freescale Semiconductor hardware patents

Apple has recorded the receipt of over 200 patents and patent pending applications from Freescale Semiconductor, most of which pertain to computer hardware and wireless devices.


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I still hope the whole ARM CPU in the Macbook and even Macbook Pro is just a rumor and not true. We really don't need another total platform change. Also even though Windows 8 will run on ARM (it's pretty much for sure I am told), a lot of people will not run Windows 8 as it's said to be a Cloud OS. I don't want to see Mac's loose their ability to run Windows for those who need it.

I guess as always time will tell in the end, but this report seems to back what I have been reading for the last 2 months now.
 
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Yep, i hope ARM is just a rumor too. Im not too convinced about the whole "tablet" revolution as a whole. I think they are cool, but all in all just a fancy shopping list for me ;)

One good thing about Microsoft is its compatibilty range; you can run anything from pretty much 98 onwards on 7 pretty easily, with little tweaking, I doubt we would lose much when Windows 8 comes out. they would be crazy to drop support for anything to be fair.
 
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Yep, i hope ARM is just a rumor too. Im not too convinced about the whole "tablet" revolution as a whole. I think they are cool, but all in all just a fancy shopping list for me ;)
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Agreed. I really love my iPad though for certain uses like resting and having all it does in my lap so I can keep up with things on the Net and read books, but the iPad (at least for now) can't replace any of my computers (except for my netbook :D).

robduckyworth said:
One good thing about Microsoft is its compatibilty range; you can run anything from pretty much 98 onwards on 7 pretty easily, with little tweaking, I doubt we would lose much when Windows 8 comes out. they would be crazy to drop support for anything to be fair.
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I hope that is true but Microsoft of late has gone so Gung ** with all the Cloud talk. Has me worried a bit! :D
 

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