Apple Goes Intel...

[Teo Zenios]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Randy McLaughlin" <cctalk at randy482.com>
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
<cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2005 12:56 PM
Subject: Re: Apple Goes Intel...


> 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
> <snip>
>
> 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
> www.s100-manuals.com
>


The only change a user would see when upgrading his G5 to an x86 Powermac in
a few years is a speed increase, nothing more. People used to buy Macs in
the 68k era because they were the best desktop you can buy (multiple
monitors, PnP that worked, high memory ceiling, SCSI, etc)  and the GUI was
decent. During the early PPC era the machines only had the processor going
for them (very decent FPU) picking up standard x86 features (PCI, USB, IDE,
etc). Today the only thing going for Apple is OSX (tightly written to the
hardware), and that is not going to change. People who don't like piecing
their machines together and going through driver hell will stick to the Mac
no matter what was under the hood. Lately a Mac is for people who hate
Microsoft and don't like messing with Linux installs.