Look, Apple doesn't make the CPUs it uses now, and they are not the only ones who use them. So another manufacturer besides Motorola or IBM making them is really no big deal.
The issue is the dilution of the brand through allowing OSX to run on commodity PCs. This cannot be allowed. Though the danger of your average person being able to hack OSX on to a compatible machine is pretty negligible. Have you read what it takes currently? No small feat, and it's rare that all the hardware on the machine used works. There was no reason for Apple to bother blocking hacks before now. The main focus now was getting everything running properly on whatever current hardware Intel had. Apple has kept it running on the commodity hardware over the years because it didn't know if it was going to ever port it at all so no need to develop special hardware at that point. The newest beta of OSX86 won't even install on the same machines as the first one did due to Apple blocking it in the latest update. This will need to be done at the hardware and software level in the final version I would think, and it most likely will. Steve said it was Intel's roadmap that excited him, so we can assume that the CPUs Apple will be using will be new designs. Apple will only support the two or three CPUs it selects and no more, thus keeping the legendary reliability we cherish. A side note. I think Apple should do nothing to stop Windows from running on it's machines(nor should it support it), as this is an excellent way to take away a serious adoption barrier for the Mac, transitioning from their Windows versions of software to Mac versions. If a PC user could buy a Mac, load all his current stuff on it, and gradually work his way over knowing he could turn it into just a PC anytime he wanted, I think he would. Not that I think that would be preferable, but it would alleviate a lot of switching anxiety. On 12/30/05 2:00 PM, "G-List" <[email protected]> wrote: > Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2005 11:37:10 -0600 > Subject: Re: [G] Intel iBook > From: Tom Ethen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > I see this as Microsoft absorbing Apple into its corporation without even > having to buy them out. Besides, I am a Mac user because I have no interest > in using Windows, which is a bad copy of the Mac OS on its best day. > > The beauty of Apple is the reliable, elegant hardware and OS and this just > seems to take away from the reason I use Mac's in the first place. If this > Intel OSX will run on generic PC's then this is the beginning of the end for > Apple, at least in computers. > > They will become the Atari if the 21st century, where they took a great > computer system and let it go, and Apple will be left selling iPods that > receive TV programs and make cell phone calls. > > Tom "Remember, No matter where you go....there you are." -- Buckaroo Banzai -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[email protected]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
