OT: RE: Apple Goes Intel...

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>>>> Macintosh will cease to be relevant because who would want to write a
Mac app when a Win app will do?

Mac ceased to be relevant for exactly that reason ten years ago.

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From: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org]
On Behalf Of Cameron Kaiser
Sent: Monday, June 06, 2005 11:19 PM
To: cctalk at classiccmp.org
Subject: Re: Apple Goes Intel...

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> I don't know if this is bad news or even worse news, but for those who 
> haven't heard yet:
>      http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2005/jun/06intel.html

It's bad news. I've been nauseous all day.

I think by removing the last piece of "unique" out of modern Macs -- the PPC
CPU -- Apple has just announced they're in the PC business. Once VPC gets to
the point where Windows apps are no longer second class citizens in the Mac
world (like they are under VPC now), and run at or near full speed,
Macintosh will cease to be relevant because who would want to write a Mac
app when a Win app will do? This is the same thing that killed OS/2.

I'll buy a G5 before they disappear, and then find some new platform to
colonize.

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