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Will You Stick with Apple, After the Switch?

Posted by Cliff on from the ode-to-the-ppc dept.

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?"

6 of 362 comments (clear)

  1. Re:What makes a Mac a Mac? by timdorr · · Score: 3, Funny

    It's the rampant zealotry!

    --
    Tim Dorr
    Owner/Manger
    A Small Orange
  2. Re:OS X by spir0 · · Score: 2, Funny

    don't even joke about Dell. They're so cheap for a reason.

    --
    The reason girls and Windows users don't understand UNIX is because all the documentation is in Man files.
  3. Re:Won't matter to many by DarkYoshi · · Score: 2, Funny

    Um... Hi. We're computer geeks. We don't care if the computer shoots us in the head and then sleeps with our wife. We ONLY care about the inside.

  4. Of course not by Linus+Torvaalds · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'm not going to stick with Apple! I'll switch to... er... to... er... I'll buy an x86 machine that will run all x86 OSes except for OS X, instead of an x86 machine that will run all x86 OSes. Just to spite them.

  5. A hit from the crackpipe? by frenchs · · Score: 4, Funny

    So if your looking to jump off the Apple boat because you don't like TC, what are you going to post to Slashdot on? A Windows Box?

    So lets look at the options here:

    A) I'm skipping out on a lifetime of mac loyalty and I'm going to run a PC

    B) I'm skipping out on a lifetime of mac loyalty and I'm going to run *NIX even though it's UI is terrible.

    C) I give up, I'm going to use an etch a sketch and an abacus.

    D) Ok, I guess I'll stick with a mac.

  6. Re:What makes a Mac a Mac? by Tumbleweed · · Score: 2, Funny

    No, it's the zesty sauce! (and the RDF(tm))