[Ti] Will Apple drop its OS?

[Chris Olson]

On Apr 10, 2006, at 9:01 AM, rob morris wrote:

> 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.

Say what?  I believe I said time after time that porting PowerPC  
software to x86 isn't as simple as filling a checkbox in Xcode.

Now what do we have?  We have Intel Macs with no software from the  
major players.  Why?  Because it's not as easy as filling in a  
checkbox in Xcode.

I also said the price of Intel-based hardware would not go down - it  
would go up - and Apple would not be able to compete on price in the  
commodity market.  What do we have?  Intel hardware that's more  
expensive than the old stuff it replaced, and more expensive than  
comparable PC hardware.  The value in that extra cost is also  
questionable until resale value of used MacTel hardware shows that it  
can outpace PC hardware.

If you're a Mac user you should be more interested in native software  
for Mac OS X, not running Windows on a Mac as one of the "major  
features".  So much for "Think Different".  I believe that's how this  
thread got started.  Somebody with some common sense stepped back,  
looked at this situation with Apple themselves providing a utility to  
boot Windows on a Mac, and asked "what's goin' on here?"
-- 
Chris

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