[Ti] Will Apple drop its OS?

rob morris rob.morris at earthlink.net
Mon Apr 10 07:01:33 PDT 2006




> From: TjL <luomat at gmail.com>
> Reply-To: "A place to discuss Apple's Titanium computers."
> <titanium at listserver.themacintoshguy.com>
> Date: Sun, 9 Apr 2006 20:06:50 -0400
> To: "A place to discuss Apple's Titanium computers."
> <titanium at listserver.themacintoshguy.com>
> Subject: Re: [Ti] Will Apple drop its OS?
> 
> On 4/6/06, Chris Olson <chris.olson at astcomm.net> wrote:
>> 
>> On Apr 5, 2006, at 5:24 PM, John Griffin wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> Most computer analysts have rated the Mac operating system as being superior
>> to Windows, so we are about to see a great opportunity for people to
>> discover why.
>> 
>> This is the type of stuff that will kill the Mac:
>> http://news.com.com/2061-10794_3-6058301.html?part=rss&tag=6058301&subj=news
>> 
>> Even after Photoshop is optimized for OS X on x86, Windows is going to blow
>> it away.  Mark my words.
>> 
>> Mach/XNU is a RISC kernel.  It was never designed to run with x86
>> instructions sets.  It's sort of like having a Chevy and you weld a BMW
>> badge to the hood and bolt a BMW engine in it with an adapter plate.  It
>> might now say BMW on it but it's still a Chevy.
> 
> Don't you ever get sick and tired of listening to yourself bitch moan
> groan and tell us to watch for the sky to fall any day now?
> 

And then realize that most everything he has told us has not come to pass.
All the predictions from the past, the neysaying, etc. Nada.
Yep...keep watching the sky but it has not fallen yet.
Thanks




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