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Though I've seen this to be a common opinion, somehow I doubt it's because one of the companies is 'upset' or there is 'ill will'. It's a small playing field and there are not that many players at that level. Even if NVidia lost these rounds, I'm sure they'll keep on courting Apple, and Apple on their side will keep on engaging all suppliers to see what fits their current criteria.
I don't see NVidia leaving money on the table just because of pride/ill will/being upset etc.. If Nvidia is not releasing drivers, it's simply because they don't see much of a market in Hackintosh or old Mac Pro upgrades. At the least, they calculated that the investment to create the drivers was not worth the return. That is not to say that we'll never have drivers. They might have reallocated resources and reduced the effort. Or decided to embark on creating drivers at a later date. Basically, some sort of lower commitment that they feel is commensurate with the return. So drivers may come any day, or eventually, given enough time. It's also quite possible that the drivers may never come, i.e. not till there is an official mac with NVidia cards, or an upgradable mac with a reasonable market footprint. Like the post before me says, I don't think anyone outside of NVidia knows.
Apple is among the biggest silicon consumers in the world. And NVidia is one-half of a duopoly in its segment. None of the two companies can afford to irk or ignore each other. We should bear in mind that despite all the sour relationships and court battles between Samsung and Apple, Apple continued to buy processors from Samsung; and still does. NVidia and Apple's relationship is a far cry from being that bad. Nothing dramatic happened here. They just lost an order. You win some, you lose some. It's par for the course.
Bottomline is - we don't know the numbers. But surely it's a business decision and not something NVidia is doing out of spite.
I don't see NVidia leaving money on the table just because of pride/ill will/being upset etc.. If Nvidia is not releasing drivers, it's simply because they don't see much of a market in Hackintosh or old Mac Pro upgrades. At the least, they calculated that the investment to create the drivers was not worth the return. That is not to say that we'll never have drivers. They might have reallocated resources and reduced the effort. Or decided to embark on creating drivers at a later date. Basically, some sort of lower commitment that they feel is commensurate with the return. So drivers may come any day, or eventually, given enough time. It's also quite possible that the drivers may never come, i.e. not till there is an official mac with NVidia cards, or an upgradable mac with a reasonable market footprint. Like the post before me says, I don't think anyone outside of NVidia knows.
Apple is among the biggest silicon consumers in the world. And NVidia is one-half of a duopoly in its segment. None of the two companies can afford to irk or ignore each other. We should bear in mind that despite all the sour relationships and court battles between Samsung and Apple, Apple continued to buy processors from Samsung; and still does. NVidia and Apple's relationship is a far cry from being that bad. Nothing dramatic happened here. They just lost an order. You win some, you lose some. It's par for the course.
Bottomline is - we don't know the numbers. But surely it's a business decision and not something NVidia is doing out of spite.
