Hi guys, I wrote an article in French on my web site about the whole story, and soon to be translated in English.
I have followed Apple for the last 24 years, and I was at first as shocked as when Apple switched to the PPC. Intel processor design is far too complex for what it delivers, and the beauty of the PowerPC architecture is far superior. I have to disagree with Steve, the only advantage of Intel is its mass market, which enables to bypass scaling issues as IBM has.
But reality is there. Apple is preparing to be able to provide massive quantities of OSX capable machines, and still keep the opportunity to work on the best processors (PowerPC), maybe on smaller quantities, for the very high end market.
In 2 years, absolutely nothing will prevent Apple to sell OSX for any PC, not only their machines. This means they will be in direct competition with Microsoft.
Can you imagine the speed of switch to an OS that still runs your PC apps, but does not suffer from Windows issues ?
The Apple versus Microsoft first episode has started.
And may the Force be with us.
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Hi guys, I wrote an article in French on my web site about the whole story, and soon to be translated in English.
I have followed Apple for the last 24 years, and I was at first as shocked as when Apple switched to the PPC. Intel processor design is far too complex for what it delivers, and the beauty of the PowerPC architecture is far superior. I have to disagree with Steve, the only advantage of Intel is its mass market, which enables to bypass scaling issues as IBM has.
But reality is there. Apple is preparing to be able to provide massive quantities of OSX capable machines, and still keep the opportunity to work on the best processors (PowerPC), maybe on smaller quantities, for the very high end market.
In 2 years, absolutely nothing will prevent Apple to sell OSX for any PC, not only their machines. This means they will be in direct competition with Microsoft.
Can you imagine the speed of switch to an OS that still runs your PC apps, but does not suffer from Windows issues ?
The Apple versus Microsoft first episode has started. And may the Force be with us.