Mike Kauspedas wrote:
I love Intel. Working for a PC shop I quickly learned that if you want
reliability and quality Intel was the way to go, at the cost of higher
prices. Intel offers a 3 year over night parts replacement warranty to
all vendors. Meaning the little shop I worked for could offer the same
warranty to customers. They could bring the defective part back and
Intel would ship a part out the same day to be received the next.
I got into Macs because I started working for a high school and
curiosity. I'm typing this in Mail on 10.2 right now. I love it, just
wish I had more money to blow so I could get a mini or something. This
old G3 400 has certainly seen it's day :)
So I think the move is good. Especially since it should mean cheaper
PowerMacs. I also think it will encourage more people to switch
because Intel is a popular recognizable manufacturer. Apple can
combine the reliability of it's own OS with the reliability and speed
of Intel. Although Mac's now are pretty darn reliable.
This basically provides Apple with a cheaper way to build PC's and
advance their software. I have never thought of Apple as a hardware
provider since it's their OS that everyone wants to use. No one buy's
an Apple just so they can put Linux on it. So although tit may tick
off a lot of Mac users you will all convert (mwuuhahaha! lol) because
you want to use a reliable convenient OS like Mac OS. The same reason
I am using an Old BnW versus my Athlon64 3400+ :)
I just had to weigh in because of my love for all things computers, PC
and Mac :)
-Mike
Then you are missing the point entirely! The Mac has always been a
combination of unique hardware ( and I don't mean just case design)
*and* the Mac OS. If the new "Macs" are just going to be a PC in an
Apple-designed case running the Mac OS, then it's NOT a Mac anymore. It
would be like me saying that my Umax S900 is a BeBox, just because it's
running BeOS. Even if I cover the Umax sticker on the front with a BeOS
one, it doesn't make it a BeBox. (And yes, I do have a BeBox too.) No
more than I can call my lone remaining PC running Mandrake a "Linux".
Unfortunatly, at this point we just don't know exactly what the new
"Mactel" machines will be like inside, so this is creating a lot of
confusion and speculation. I place the blame for this squarely on Job's
shoulders. He could easily make a a statement clarifying the situation,
but his flair for the dramatic is apparently more important. As far as
I'm concerned tho, if it will run Windoze natively, then it's just
another PC, no matter what it says on the box.
JR
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