on 6/7/05 9:05 PM, Peter da Silva at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> It's a very risky move, I think. Apple is a hardware vendor. It needs >> to persuade people that its expensive Pentium boxes are worth paying >> more for than everyone else's cheap generic Pentium boxes. The only >> real difference will be the OS. This will be a hard sell. > > I disagree. Apple is a software vendor that uses hardware sales as its > revenue source. Like Cisco, who for the longest time was charging $5000 > for a box less powerful than a Mac II because it was running IOS. > > The only downside for this switch is the impact on sales from people > who don't want to buy a "lame duck" CPU. We just went through this with > the Alpha disaster, and it's a nightmare... even when the customer's > buying an embedded system that will need a forklift upgrade anyway. > > But I don't see any corresponding upside. Just because a Mac has an x86 > in it, that doesn't make it any cheaper or faster or otherwise more > attractive any more than it makes it less attractive. That's why I'm > so skeptical of ALL the explanations, even the "Jobs having a snit" one. >
Personally, I have a feeling it strongly has something to do with the iPod, and Apples desire to begin agressively moving into home-based multimedia and entertainment, before Microsoft eventually applies enough money (billions) to make it's poor system the defacto standard, just as it has the OS. ---Alex -- Unsupported OS X is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Unsupported OS X list info <http://lowendmac.com/lists/unsupported.html> --> 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/unsupportedosx%40mail.maclaunch.com/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
