Dvorak Says Apple Move to Intel Will Harm Linux

Deep Fried Geekboy writes "John C. Dvorak is pretty quick off the blocks with a response to the news that Apple intend to switch to Intel processors. Thankfully, he doesn't gloat about having called this one correctly, but says that the move is likely to hurt Linux, as OSS developers increasingly target the Mac. Since it now turns out that Dvorak was apparently not smoking crack when he predicted the Apple move, could he be right on this one too?"

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Not in my house

[rickthewizkid]

You know, I just looked at the clock on the wall, and it's one of those LCD radio-controlled clocks. Between my computers, PDAs, clock radios, cable box, oven, microwave, etc, I don't have a single analog clock in the house! If any of these clocks break, I would imagine that they would just go blank - not stop on a particular time... In my case, a broken clock is completely useless to me, at least as a clock. It might be very good however, as a source for spare parts. :) Just my blinking 12:00's worth -RickTheWizKid

Re:Marginal effect on Linux

[hostyle]

8: It isn't free, and the hardware, while likely to come down a tad, IMO, will not be as cheap as commodity x86 boxes. But I do expect their prices to become more competitive with the "big boys" of the Wintel market (Dell, HP, etc.). If you are looking for rock-bottom prices, of course you don't go to a major provider like Dell or HP, do you? Then why would you go to Apple? Other than that, I see no reason they can't compete better with Dell and HP on their own turf.

Er. Who can build low-end boxes cheaper than Dell? I build my own high-to-mid-range boxes but if you're looking for a low-end box, you can't get cheaper than Dell.