Apple Goes Intel...

[Randy McLaughlin]

From: "Cini, Richard" <Richard.Cini at wachovia.com>
Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2005 9:54 AM


> Yes, indeed IBM is a substantial company. But I'm not buying an IBM PC 
> with
> Linux installed -- I have an installed base of Windows PCs at home. I
> wouldn't be buying it because I like Intel or the X86 architecture over 
> the
> PPC architecture. I'm buying it because I'm tired of Windows.
>
> I, like lots of others, get my Linux distributions through downloads from
> Fedora, Mandrake, etc. yes, they're easier to install and configure than
> before, but there's something about the slickness of OSX and the support 
> of
> Apple that would make me switch.
>
> I think I would be just as comfortable if I could purchase Linux from IBM
> for a single desktop without having to buy it preinstalled on IBM 
> hardware.
> Apple's product is more polished and has lots of well-integrated featured
> that everyone in my family could love.
>
> Maybe I'm uninformed, which is possible because I don't follow Linux too
> closely.
>
> However, this is all academic if they don't make a PC-compatible version
> (which as previously noted != X86 version ).
>
> Rich
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I agree that more competition for Micro$loth is good.

The biggest problem is that Apple has been kept alive by several factors two 
of which are:  $ from Willy boy and the simple fact they are not just 
another PC running Windoze.


If they become just another PC will they lose a marketing base and how big a 
base could they lose?


Randy
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