6 Jun
2005
6 Jun
'05
8:52 p.m.
On 6/6/05, Cameron Kaiser <spectre at floodgap.com> wrote:
(OT added)
Apple did not say that it would use the PC architecture. Apple
probably will embed something (PROM?) in the computer such that others
can not make compatible new Macs.
vax, 9000
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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