Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Sun 5th Jun 2005 22:11 UTC
After News.com's Friday report that Apple is moving to Intel/x86, the respected publication Wall Street Journal and now NYTimes threw their reputation behind the rumor. Many people still remain skeptical, but I personally believe that the time is right for Apple to switch to x86-64, for two main reasons:
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"Remember, we are not talking about having OSX running on random PCs here, Apple would never get into the "generic PC" market. This market is impossible to support fully; that was one of the reasons BeOS was killed when it moved from PPC to x86 as well. Apple won't make the same mistake. They know better and they have the infrastructure to modify the stock x86 platform to lock-in Mac OS X to their modified PCs only."
Why do some people assume that Apple will closed minded by only offering their software on custom systems? If Steve Jobs is paying attention to current global market trends he should realize that people want options both with software and hardware. Vendor lock in is not going to make consumers rush to spend their hard earned cash. Also it's idiotic for someone to claim that if Apple expanded the support to include all x86 processors that Apple would fail. Sorry but hello...anyone one home? How is it that developers such as Microsoft, Novell and Red Hat can be successful at supporting a wide variety of hardware but Apple wouldn't? I believe Apple moving to x86 is a wise decision and will only increase profits for Apple as being seen as more competitive by giving consumers more options. They don't need to make their money strictly from selling computers as they have software to sell. I wish some people would realize this.