Actually, I think he thoroughly explained in the letter why Apple doesn't want to go down that road and to IMHO to be a pretty reasonable explanation. Then again, people have accused me of being an apple fanboi, so what do I know. . . 8^)
Point taken and yes I did RTFA. I tend to keep my systems for a very long time (e.g. I am still using a sawtooth G4 from circa 1992) and I am just worried down the line that developers, not Apple, will stop sending fat binaries or cross compiling, whatever you call it. . . Then again, I am still thinking I would have at least waited another year or so and just update to the new architecture. Anyway, WTF was your problem? Learn to use Google and get laid? You can get laid by using Google? Maybe it works for you but I still like the old fashioned way. j/k 8^)
I don't know about the rest of you, but I am feeling thoroughly screwed. I just purchased a DP G5 tower to replace my aging G4 Sawtooth. There is no way I would have ever placed that order knowing that Apple was going to make the switch to Intel. I am just your average Joe user and the upside to Apple for me has always been the high reliability of their hardware (at least in my experience, especially since I had been using the same box for over seven years minus a processor and video card upgrade) , the fact that it ran on an architecture other the x86, and recently a kick ass OS. Now what the hell am I going to do with this 2k piece of hardware? I was counting on getting at least five years of service out of my new tower but now, heck, in three years it will be completely outdated and I bet it won't be fetching that high a premium on Ebay. Oh well, lets hope Linux progressives to a point where I will fell comfortable using it.
Ok, where the hell did I put that KY. . .
If you launch iTunes it should let you know that a new version is available and take you to the download page is you so desire, at least it did for me.
I guess I should have been a little more clear. . .
Apple has been profiting on cool for quite awhile now. Forgive me if I am wrong, but I believe Dell and Apple are the only two companies making desktop PC's that have been profitable for quite a while now, then again I haven't researched this in quite awhile. Anyway, my point being, you don't rack up over two billion in cash and drive your stock price up over 500 percent in todays market (I hope) by not taking in profits. As far as my investment in Apple stock, it had nothing to do with luck and it had everything to do with sound research and optimistic timing. If you are investing in the market today based on whims and luck, oh man. . .
*sigh* I don't know about anyone else, but I have been using my Sawtooth G4 for the last seven years I believe and it still runs fine. Granted, I upgraded its video card, RAM, and dropped a new processor in it. . .
Granted, if you are buying a Mac mini you are probably not the type that would upgrade yourself, then again, in my experience, you wouldn't need to for like 5 years or so. . . then again, like I said, that is just my experience
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Actually, I think he thoroughly explained in the letter why Apple doesn't want to go down that road and to IMHO to be a pretty reasonable explanation. Then again, people have accused me of being an apple fanboi, so what do I know. . . 8^)
You're kidding right?
Got this link yesterday over at digg when they were discussing this. . . Interesting read. . http://minimsft.blogspot.com/2006/03/vista-2007-fi re-leadership-now.html
Point taken and yes I did RTFA. I tend to keep my systems for a very long time (e.g. I am still using a sawtooth G4 from circa 1992) and I am just worried down the line that developers, not Apple, will stop sending fat binaries or cross compiling, whatever you call it. . . Then again, I am still thinking I would have at least waited another year or so and just update to the new architecture. Anyway, WTF was your problem? Learn to use Google and get laid? You can get laid by using Google? Maybe it works for you but I still like the old fashioned way. j/k 8^)
I don't know about the rest of you, but I am feeling thoroughly screwed. I just purchased a DP G5 tower to replace my aging G4 Sawtooth. There is no way I would have ever placed that order knowing that Apple was going to make the switch to Intel. I am just your average Joe user and the upside to Apple for me has always been the high reliability of their hardware (at least in my experience, especially since I had been using the same box for over seven years minus a processor and video card upgrade) , the fact that it ran on an architecture other the x86, and recently a kick ass OS. Now what the hell am I going to do with this 2k piece of hardware? I was counting on getting at least five years of service out of my new tower but now, heck, in three years it will be completely outdated and I bet it won't be fetching that high a premium on Ebay. Oh well, lets hope Linux progressives to a point where I will fell comfortable using it. Ok, where the hell did I put that KY. . .
Hell, I am running it on my box at home that only has 640k of memoery. . .
Hmmm, weird. I am running 10.4 and it came up for me. . .
If you launch iTunes it should let you know that a new version is available and take you to the download page is you so desire, at least it did for me.
I guess I should have been a little more clear. . . Apple has been profiting on cool for quite awhile now. Forgive me if I am wrong, but I believe Dell and Apple are the only two companies making desktop PC's that have been profitable for quite a while now, then again I haven't researched this in quite awhile. Anyway, my point being, you don't rack up over two billion in cash and drive your stock price up over 500 percent in todays market (I hope) by not taking in profits. As far as my investment in Apple stock, it had nothing to do with luck and it had everything to do with sound research and optimistic timing. If you are investing in the market today based on whims and luck, oh man. . .
*sigh* I don't know about anyone else, but I have been using my Sawtooth G4 for the last seven years I believe and it still runs fine. Granted, I upgraded its video card, RAM, and dropped a new processor in it. . . Granted, if you are buying a Mac mini you are probably not the type that would upgrade yourself, then again, in my experience, you wouldn't need to for like 5 years or so. . . then again, like I said, that is just my experience