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Apple's Colossal Disappointment?

Posted by Zonk on from the more-a-blunder-than-anything-else dept.

Mudzy writes "Michael Roberson, founder of Linspire, has an article at The TechZone talking about Apple's 'Colossal Disappointment' for not porting Mac OS X to PC after they announced the move to Intel processors. He discuss why this could be a mistake." From the article: "Instead of a brilliant strategic maneuver, it's a step necessitated by IBM's inability to keep pace with Intel. It seems Apple was tired of losing the gigahertz competition to the PC world. Apple had been promising faster computers for some time and had not been able to deliver them. In addition, they were frustrated at IBM's inability to produce a fast low-powered chip for laptops."

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  1. Re:Apple is in catbird seat by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    im surprised apple isnt loathed yet, being that they are the first company to actually USE Treacherous Computing in their computers. It is required to boot OSX. but of course, apple fanboys blindly follow their parent company.

  2. Why do people care whether Apple borked up or not? by typical · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Why is it that every Mac user has to feel that everything Apple does is part of some brilliant, long-orchestrated campaign, inevitably ending in success?

    I'll bet half the posts on here will be from Mac users feeling defensive, that somebody said that "their team" isn't perfect.

    Are people *honestly* afraid of, oh, I don't know, co-workers teasing them for being dumb enough to purchase Apple hardware? I really can't imagine this happening.

    The same thing happens with video game consoles. Doesn't make a bit of sense. And, for that matter on places like rightnation.us when someone criticizes Bush Administration policy.

    Just for once, it'd be nice to see people admitting that everyone makes occasional mistakes.

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  3. Re:I'd use it by Soul-Burn666 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    When it works...

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  4. Sour Grapes. by sproketboy · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Mod me a troll if you like but Linspire is nowhere. Just like all Linux on the desktop.

  5. Apple has already decided: Hardware company by AHumbleOpinion · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Apple has already decided, they chose to be a hardware company. That is why the software is used to exclusively promote the sale of their relatively expensive, with the exception of the Mac Mini, hardware.

  6. Re:Apple isn't stupid by IAmMaxHarris · · Score: -1, Flamebait
    Ah yes, a new Windows is on the horizon. Vista! Longhorn! All of 18 months away and short on features

    You should learn about .NET 2.0, Avalon and XAML. Windows Vista is a big deal: Avalon has much better compositing than Quartz. XAML is an incredibly beautiful thing that lets you completely separate UI design from implementation (and it completely blows away the interface builder derived stuff that was so innovative a decade and a half ago). .NET 2.0 and ClickOnce let you deploy .NET applications with the same ease as creating web apps.

    That doesn't count loads of other features, like the explorer, IE 7, a ton of security features, better search, better web services through Indigo (try doing web services with PHP now - I've done it, and it's such a pain that it's not really worth it. Microsoft nailed web services in 2002, and the new stuff is even better!).

    Apple is doing the slapdash hacks, and Microsoft leads the way in beautifully architected software.