Will You Stick with Apple, After the Switch?

caseykoons writes "While I understand the /. crowd is likely to be biased, I am curious. Has Apple's decision to switch to Intel Chips lost the company some of its old supporters? I have used Macs since I grew up, was a loyal 'Mac Evangelist' back in the '90's, but the company's decision and the recent connection to Trust Computing have had me wondering if I will stick with the old Apple from now on. What are your thoughts?"

Comments

No freakin' way.

[torpor]

I switched to Apple for one reason, and one reason only: running Unix on a PowerPC-based Powerbook. OSX is already a 'foot in two boats' bridge between 'old-school' Unix and 'new-school' Unix.

I don't care one iota, much, for the 'proprietary API hacks' of Apple, and don't care a bit that they've all been ported to Intel.

Its the "Cross-platform Unix'ness" of OSX I care about, and more specifically, Unix on non-Intel processors.

If I want Unix'ish-ism on Intel, I run Linux or *bsd on Intel. Darwin is a dirty hack by comparison, and really in the end: whats the point? Just as good software can be written on a well-maintained Linux box, as a Darwintel machine.

Stupid move on Steve's part. He shoulda ported OSX to ARM .. then it would be interesting. The answer is not always the biggest and fastest, alas .. especially when cute software is involved.

(Disclaimer: I work for an exotic-hardware company, I'm almost religiously biased against the Borg that now has Apple in its grips ..)

Re:Let me see...

[sirmikester]

When Apple starts affecting my freedom to use my computer the way I want, or otherwise fucking up the user experience, I'll ditch them.

Ever hear of the fable with the ant and the grasshopper? Your statement would make perfect sense if Linux was always around as an alternative. What if everybody thought the way you did? We would have no alternatives to use in case Apple or Microsoft decided to impose their will and their DRM on us. A statement like you made shows that you are shortsighted and selfish. Maybe one day when Apple does fuck up your user experience you will realize the value of free alternatives.... How was this post rate insightful? Are blindfolded monkeys being given mod permissions on slashdot now?? WTF.

Re:I Don't Know

[Pres. Ronald Reagan]

Oh God, shut the FUCK up, you worthless piece of shit.

Here, I'll sum up your point for you: "I know OS X will be the same and even better, and I know the computer will run faster and better, but it won't FEEL the same using it! X86 sucks LOL!"

And you don't even use Macs in the first place. FUCK. SHUT UP. No one cares what angsty 16 year olds like you think.