At 17:42 Uhr -0400 07.06.2005, Bruce Johnson wrote:
SOMETHING made them decide to pull the ripcord on the PPC
architecture, because from where I stand, this is about the last
thing I expect they WANT to do right now, because it has the
potential to completely FUBAR the momentum Apple's got going vis-a-
vis OS X versus Windows in the public mind. Intel and Windows are so
deeply and intimately combined in public perception, I half expect to
see headlines "Apple switching to Windows."
This isn't a race you wanna switch horses in the middle of, unless
there's something really bad about your current horse everyone else
doesn't know about.
I agree to Bruce that Apple will probably loose much of its momentum.
What makes me wondering most about this decision is its time-frame:
The first Intel-Macs are not going to be shipped before mid-2006,
still more than a year ahead! This will lead to a lot of confusion
and uncertainty until the first benchmarks and user experiences are
available (probably in half a year?).
I can see the point why developers should get lots of time to adapt
their software, but why is this necessary when standard mac software
is supposed to run on Intel-Macs seemlessly?
Nils
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