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http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,1923151,00.asp
An intersting article from the guy that predicted Apple would be switching to Intel. Frankly, I find it doubtful, but he does make some intersting points.
Jobs has always said that Apple is a hardware company, so from a bottom line standpoint, cutting out expensive OS development and just concentrating on the hardware, coupled with the big plus (business wise) of selling computers that appeal to the non-geek masses and business users, could result in Apple selling more computers than they do right now. Premium branded laptops and desktops are what Apple is known for anyways, so they would still be able to compete effectively against the likes of Dell and HP.
The big downside, of course, would be that a good part of the current Apple userbase would freak out, but in the end, where would they end up going? Other PC vendors and installing Linux or BSD? And maybe Apple would spin-off OSX to a seperate company to compete with Windows directly, and Apple could then offer customers a choice between the two OSes on their computers.
Anyways, just kicking around ideas-- like I said, at this point I find it doubtful, but I pretty much thought that the Intel thing wasn't going to happen either....
An intersting article from the guy that predicted Apple would be switching to Intel. Frankly, I find it doubtful, but he does make some intersting points.
Jobs has always said that Apple is a hardware company, so from a bottom line standpoint, cutting out expensive OS development and just concentrating on the hardware, coupled with the big plus (business wise) of selling computers that appeal to the non-geek masses and business users, could result in Apple selling more computers than they do right now. Premium branded laptops and desktops are what Apple is known for anyways, so they would still be able to compete effectively against the likes of Dell and HP.
The big downside, of course, would be that a good part of the current Apple userbase would freak out, but in the end, where would they end up going? Other PC vendors and installing Linux or BSD? And maybe Apple would spin-off OSX to a seperate company to compete with Windows directly, and Apple could then offer customers a choice between the two OSes on their computers.
Anyways, just kicking around ideas-- like I said, at this point I find it doubtful, but I pretty much thought that the Intel thing wasn't going to happen either....