Re: Should Linux worry of Apple's Switch?

jag456_at_gmail.com
Date: 06/08/05 

Date: 8 Jun 2005 04:06:16 -0700

Mmmm,

very mature approach Bruce. People around the office with Mac's seem to
feel that their loyality has been dragged through the mud a bit. They
have always justified the extra money that they have spent on Mac's
with the fact that the powerpc chip was superior. At one point the G5
was tauted as the super computer , now the G5 is just another IBM clone
- effectively just another common pc. Apple has lost thier "powerpc
performance edge" - and i suspect their justification to charge the
public riduculous amount for a computer that was never really faster
than your common pc. <- value for money ratio rational used here)
Anyway - that my 2 cents.

Bruce Coryell wrote:
> I don't think this will affect a thing for non-Mac users. Macs with
> Intel inside will still be Macs. Linux and Windows will continue as
> they are now with Linux going up and Windows going down in market share.
> The only thing that will change is that Apple will now have to release
> two versions of their software from now on and Mac users will have to
> check the version of the software they buy. I think this is a stupid
> move on Apple's part.
>
> jag456@gmail.com wrote:
> > Hi Guys -
> >
> > the OS wars have been turned up. Its (Windows / Mac) + Intel against
> > Linux / AMD.
> >
> > the only thing that apple can do to help save thier image is to use
> > Linux kernel in the next release of Mac OS.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Michael Heiming wrote:
> >
> >>In alt.os.linux Andy Fraser <andyfraser31@hotmail.com>:
> >>
> >>>Michael Heiming <michael+USENET@www.heiming.de> wrote:
> >>
> >>>>>They may release a version of OS X for the PC market at some point in
> >>>>>the future but the official line at the moment is the Intel version of
> >>>>>OS X will not run on a standard PC. How they do this we can only guess.
> >>>>>Whether someone manages to get OS X running on a standard PC only time
> >>>>>will tell but if they do it won't be supported by Apple.
> >>>>
> >>>>Exactly what seems to be behind the story, probably they'll
> >>>>deliver it in some special case with unique design, perhaps it
> >>>>doesn't make any noise or what else nifty feature they need to
> >>>>justify the "tuned" overpriced PC?
> >>
> >>>Current users suggest that they may add a chip or something to the BIOS
> >>>(it looks like OpenFirmware will be dropped) that OS X will look for.
> >>>Maybe they'll use DRM *shudder*. Who knows though. :-)
> >>
> >>>I was hoping that the move to Intel would bring down prices but it
> >>>doesn't look like that but again, who knows. OS X Leopard looks like
> >>
> >>IMHO there won't be much if any down prices, the target market
> >>will happily buy it anyway. Seems to me as you don't really know
> >>any real mac user? ;-)
> >>
> >>
> >>>it'll be released around the same time as Longhorn. If Tiger and the
> >>>Longhorn previews are anything to go by, if Apple can get the price down
> >>>enough they might be able to challenge MS in some sectors. Ok, that
> >>>might be unlikely but I like that dream so I'll stick with it. :-)
> >>
> >>Unlikely, but then doesn't concern me at all, never looked back
> >>after switching to Linux.;)
> >>
> >>--
> >>Michael Heiming (X-PGP-Sig > GPG-Key ID: EDD27B94)
> >>mail: echo zvpunry@urvzvat.qr | perl -pe 'y/a-z/n-za-m/'
> >>#bofh excuse 74: You're out of memory
> >
> >

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