They are solutions sellers not hardware or software sellers. They will do whatever gets them the most business nothing more. Taking on MS will be bad.
I myself use a powermac, and osx but one factor remains the biggest cash cow - the big corporate market and OEMs. A lot of the home market is pirated - come on admit it.
Without getting anything like exchange in the "big" corps Apple will never gain a huge market share. The same goes for Linux.
I am curious to know how/if they are going to lock you out of CPU upgrades. It's not easy/supported on the PPC/Mac's (G5) to upgrade to a speedier CPU/BUS
These are (mostly) directories of an application bundle.CTRL click on an app and choose "Show Package Contents" - if it exists in the context menu. Or right click for those advanced people with >1 button mice.
I think that MS probably make more money from Office than Windows and Apple isn't going to break that monopoly anytime soon.
AFAIK Apple does very well out of it's hardware business with somewhere around 40-odd% of revenue coming from the computer line, as opposed to iPods.
I will probably end up with one of these Apple/Intel boxes and I want to know how easy it would be to upgrade the CPU (eg I cannot upgrade my dual-2Ghz G5 box to 2.7's.)
If so I can save myself the 129 bucks and use the normal Apple license model to put it on my G5 and use the headless box as a home/file/web server etc.
This makes this all the more attractive if indeed it does exist.
If you could run the Macromedia/Adobe, and maybe even Apple Motion, Final Cut etc on Linux then Apple would probably be up shit creek. Until then the status quo (Windows, Linux, OSX etc (is maintained.
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That's so funny. I guess they must have found a cure for death Mr. B Hicks.
I myself use a powermac, and osx but one factor remains the biggest cash cow - the big corporate market and OEMs. A lot of the home market is pirated - come on admit it.
Without getting anything like exchange in the "big" corps Apple will never gain a huge market share. The same goes for Linux.
This isn't a utopia and Apple don't work for just you.
I don't imagine people are going to come up to you and stick a gun barrel to your forehead and make you buy another lump of tin.
I am curious to know how/if they are going to lock you out of CPU upgrades. It's not easy/supported on the PPC/Mac's (G5) to upgrade to a speedier CPU/BUS
These are (mostly) directories of an application bundle.CTRL click on an app and choose "Show Package Contents" - if it exists in the context menu. Or right click for those advanced people with >1 button mice.
AFAIK Apple does very well out of it's hardware business with somewhere around 40-odd% of revenue coming from the computer line, as opposed to iPods.
I will probably end up with one of these Apple/Intel boxes and I want to know how easy it would be to upgrade the CPU (eg I cannot upgrade my dual-2Ghz G5 box to 2.7's.)
No-one knows here what the price is going to be.
No-one knows how easy it is going to be to get OSX/x86 to run on any old beige box
No-one knows if we could run Linux (probably) or Windows (Games !) on these Apple/x86 boxes.
I think it may get interesting.
With sparkling wit like that I cannot believe you are posting anonymously.
Shout your name from the rooftops. Fame awaits !
I cannot imagine that WinFS won't be able to do the same (unless it is vaporware).
However that doesn't mean they give a shit about Linux either.
Hooray for Apple !
Was W2K ever considered a desktop/gaming OS ?
If so I can save myself the 129 bucks and use the normal Apple license model to put it on my G5 and use the headless box as a home/file/web server etc.
This makes this all the more attractive if indeed it does exist.
Do you honestly think that a company the size of Apple would - if they could reduce the cost to ship more units and therefore make money ?
For all their supposed "hippy" leanings they are a company to make more money to appease shareholders.
The bottom line is that they equalise everything to get the most from their product.
If you could run the Macromedia/Adobe, and maybe even Apple Motion, Final Cut etc on Linux then Apple would probably be up shit creek. Until then the status quo (Windows, Linux, OSX etc (is maintained.
Can it be about reputation only ?
Does Windows Update do 3rd parties. I really have no idea never go near it myself.
It's because at least they have a semi-standard toolset to develop against. With Linux do you use QT, GTK etc ?
Browsers and e-mail programs should not be able to get hold of root/Admin access.
This is where MS is the biggest culprit (albeit not the only one).
Why not "Internet Browser". Or is that not entirely legal ?
Steve might even give some to Pixar
Would Adobe put out various versions if they ported to Linux.
Linux isn't just for x86 you know.
Any invites would be appreciated.
Yes please he said slightly grovelly
BTW, can anyone get sound working on Gentoo/PPC on a G5 ??
Am I the only one without a Gmail account around here ?
On another note can this be played on PPC/Linux or just x86 Linux ?