At 09:09 PM -0700 06/16/2005, Zoltan Batiz wrote:
I have come to a very logical and realistic conclusion:
The proverbial gap between PC's and Mac's will not change. In fact,
I honestly think that NOTHING will change at all.
The Mac's market share will decrease, just like it did during the
68k->PPC and 9->X transitions. Partly because of hesitant buyers and
partly because of developers being jerked around - which looses
marketing momentum. Hopefully, Intel's influence (and the fact that
they pay for marketing) will encourage Apple to create a decent ad
campaign. (LOL; yea right).
hum. A new potential here - Apple could regain market share because
they'll be able to get enough chips to make more systems. Currently,
they loose way too many sales because they're unable to deliver.
Call me an optimist, but the only thing that's going to happen
besides faster Macs overall,
Faster is a given, as technologies improve. The issue is "faster than"
Up side is that people will be able to compare GHz to GHz.
The down side is that we're totally going to loose the AltaVec edge.
So Macs will rarely (just the brief frog hop at release time) be
faster than PCs.
...Headache: What if Dell scoops Apple? What if Dell's cycle time
(design to market) is shorter than Apple's? Intel commits to
high-volume of a faster chip, and Dell's product hits the market
before Apple's... :(
Pretty design (and perhaps higher cost for Macs) aside, IMO, it will
ultimately become a direct user experience competition, OS X vs
Windows. I fear that even with a faster Virtual PC running Windows,
we'll still be marginalized due to the low app count and other
perceptions.
Anyone agree? Or is everyone leaning on Laporte's side saying that
"this move is a stake in Apple's heart"
I think Apple will survive, barely. Only time will tell.
Luckily, the Low End Mac market is thriving. Prices are good.
Supply is decent. Expertise abounds...
- Dan.
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