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Story: Is Apple on the way out?
Posted by: Anonymous (Thursday 14 October 2004, 12:44 AM)
What does not seem to be mentioned here is the antiquity of the X86 platform. 64 bit is the future and OSX is arguably in the best place right now. The PowerPC platform is clearly making major inroads while Intel is closer to the end of the road than the beginning. The AMD solution to 64 bit is a bandaid approach and will buy a few years. However, with everything from the Mac to Playstation, Xbox, Nintendo…did I miss any… avoiding X86, the smart money has clearly displayed that the future is 64 bit and the preference is PowerPC. Apple, Motorola and IBM designed the PowerPC and Apple knows the platform as well as or better than anyone. IBM has the pull to insure the future of the chip. IBM is has a grudge and they want to make waves.
OSX and Linux are far more likely to get along as friendly and cooperative cousins than bitter enemies as with Windows and, well, anyone else.
Many geeks will tell you that it is nice to just go home to their Mac and not fight with another computer after a long day of jousting.
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Story: Is Apple on the way out?
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I thought it raised some interesting points but I... James Chiswell Jones -
I don't agree with the assessment that Apple... Matthew -
"It's about what happens when desktop Linux reache... Riot Nrrrd™
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Fascinating article. My advice to you (as if you a... Richard Taylor
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Berlind/Dvorak - what genius! Tom Shaughnessy
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Apple is on the way up, not out.
Linux on the... Douglas Metcalfe
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Just when APPLE seems to be shipping away at the d... M R
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Yawn! you guys must be smoking bad weed. Anonymous
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God, this guy's an idiot. Apple's business has no... Anonymous
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Wow, you're dumb... Anonymous
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The author makes many sound points, but his c... Anonymous
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You miss an important point. OSX is equi... Erik Sandblom -
Brain damage. A brain damaged Editor is the only w... Charles C Gaudette
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Oh wait! You mean the Toyota Prius is catching on... Walter Walnuts
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What does not seem to be mentioned here is the ant... Anonymous -
Funny this article was posted the same day Apple's... Anonymous
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Some good points, but if you look at the "core" Ap... Anonymous
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David, FUD will get you nowhere these days. It loo... Fred Mueggelhopper
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Hahahaha, when will these douchebag journalists le... Anonymous
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On the day that Apple earnings blew away everyones... Anonymous
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My experience as a co-director of IT is that the s... Anonymous
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As others noted, I think you made some good points... Gary
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Apple = simplicity, elegance and detail. Where the... Robert Kortenoeven
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Apparently th... Ross Bellette
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