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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. Disappointment? by ShaniaTwain · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm incredibly dissapointed that Linspire will not run on my 1982 vintage casio wristwatch, but I sure hope they're working on it, I mean, wow! just think of how much marketshare they'd get if their OS could run on such inexpensive commodity hardware!

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  2. Re:More posturing by powerlinekid · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm not sure that the head of a major Linux company would be an apple "fanboy".

    But hey, ignorance about who wrote the article for the win.

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  3. Re:Apple isn't stupid by NeoOokami · · Score: 4, Funny

    Yes, just look at how phenomenally well Palm's been doing thanks to that. Palm One's hardware is more powerful than any of the competition, and OS 6 is everywhere. ... oh wait.

  4. Hey Apple: Pay Attention by mrex · · Score: 4, Funny

    If you're smart, you'll arrive at the Best of Both Worlds solution. Make MacOS X 100% compatible with off-the-shelf PC hardware...as long as you have the $300 Macintosh Compatibility PCI Card. What the card actually does is almost inconsequential, though such a design would actually offer some technical advantages, in addition to the more obvious and important business advantages.