Dvorak Thinks Apple Will Switch to Intel

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Dvorak Thinks Apple Will Switch to Intel

Posted by CmdrTaco on Sunday March 23, 2003 @04:07AM from the rumor-of-the-month-club dept.

SeanTobin was among several users who noted that Dvorak's latest column discusses the possibility of Apple going to Intel for future macs. Yeah, this rumor pops up pretty often, but I wonder how long before we'd get binary compatibility between other x86 unix OSs.

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It's Alternate Reality Weekend on /. by RLiegh · 2003-03-23 04:09 · Score: 5, Funny

Between this article, and this article; I expect to wake up monday and find out this weekend never happened!
Itanium? by zephc · 2003-03-23 04:13 · Score: 4, Funny

What is this? Bizzaro World?

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1. Re:Itanium? by RLiegh · 2003-03-23 04:18 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  What is this? Bizzaro World?
  
  [/comicbookguyvoice]
  
  At least we're not IN SOVIET RUSSIA. ;)
Oh no, not again... by phong3d · 2003-03-23 04:13 · Score: 5, Funny

Next month, Dvorak will have exclusive information on the release date for Duke Nukem: Forever!
1. Re:Oh no, not again... by mookie-blaylock · 2003-03-23 05:26 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Is it just me, or does Dvorak always read like Jackie Harvey's The Outside Scoop?
  
  "What's this I hear about HP bringing out the successor to the iPaq next month? I think it's about time, the flat screen and metal arm design always looked like an orange attacking a sheet of paper.
  
  Item! Steve Bellmar and the wacky crew at Apple Computer will be releasing their next computer, which will use Intel's Itanium processor. Careful, or that'll be a baked apple!"
  
  Separated at birth? I think so.
  
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  I am not Herbert.
Standard Rumors by Snowspinner · 2003-03-23 04:15 · Score: 5, Funny

I say we combine the standard rumors. Apple is being bought by Intel! Apple will go out of business shortly after using Intel chips! Or, perhaps, for maximum efficiency of rumor: Apple will go bankrupt, be bought by Intel, which will then be bought by Microsoft! Excuse me, my tinfoil hat needs adjusting.

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The question is... by labratuk · 2003-03-23 04:18 · Score: 4, Funny

Will they manage to do this before they go out of business?

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Or... by Sax+Maniac · 2003-03-23 04:20 · Score: 4, Funny

How about "Intel thinks Apple will switch to Dvorak? Y'know, I always suspected QWERTY was cumbersome and suboptimal.
Such a wild conjecture probably has more validity than most Dvorak articles anyway.

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"Hi, I'm John" by Maserati · 2003-03-23 04:26 · Score: 5, Funny

And I smoke crack.

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What what what? by arvindn · 2003-03-23 04:30 · Score: 4, Funny

People are really letting their imagination run riot, aren't they? I mean, only yesterday we discussed Microsoft going open source, and now Apple switching to Intel. What's next? Sun embracing C#? ;-)
Dvorak will switch... by mariox19 · 2003-03-23 04:30 · Score: 5, Funny

...from Prozac to Zoloft.

In a development that will shock both the PC and pharmaceutical industries, PC pundit John Dvorkak will be "switching platforms."

Long known for his schizophrenic pronouncements concerning the Macintosh platform, sources close to him have confirmed Dvorak's musings have been caused by an adverse, though subtle reaction, to his psychotropic drug regimen.

"Yeah, he's said some crazy things in the past," quotes Dr. Sanghar Mumji, Dvorak's long-time psychiatrist. "You've got to cut him some slack though. Psychiatry isn't an exact science."

Industry analysts predict the dawn of a new day for Dvorak. One analyst, wishing to remain anonymous, remarks, "John has got a long road back, but I've got faith in him. I hear he's working on a Newton story."

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Re:Dvorak always does this. by Master+Bait · 2003-03-23 04:33 · Score: 5, Funny

His article comes from the April issue of one of those newsstand PC magazines. It was supposed to be funny.

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In other related news... by ciurana · 2003-03-23 05:17 · Score: 4, Funny

* Scientists will soon develop a safe and efficient cold fusion mechanism

* Microsoft will soon source for Windows under OSS license

* A vaccine for AIDS will soon be available

Have a nice day.

E

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My favorite Dvorak quote by Infonaut · 2003-03-23 05:32 · Score: 4, Funny

"Folks, the Mac platform is through..." - John C. Dvorak, 1998

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Re:x86? by JCholewa · 2003-03-23 05:36 · Score: 4, Funny

> He suggests that going with the Itanium instead of x86 will curtail piracy.

He's right, inasmuch as a zero user base would be considered really secure.
Dvorak's Predictions by lamz · 2003-03-23 06:20 · Score: 4, Funny

Hey Dvorak, will that happen before or after Apple goes broke?

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It will challenge your head, your brain, and your mind.