[X4U] Couple questions on Apples move to Intel

[Peter Apockotos]

On Jun 7, 2005, at 1:56 PM, Steve Self wrote:

> The last thing Apple would want is a poor, marginalized, windoze- 
> like user experience under the OSX brand. I think they would keep  
> the OS-hardware integration so tight and exclusive that by the time  
> hackers got OSX to run on other Intel boxes it would really no  
> longer be OSX. Kinda like VPC that is so kludgy and buggy that only  
> the twisted promote it.
>
> Now running Longhorn within an Mactel box will be a semi-useful  
> selling point to the arcane and fearful. And maybe encourage  
> switching more and more.
>
>
>> From a PR standpoint, though, even if Apple makes that message  
>> clear (particularly if the message is more about the benefits of  
>> Mac hardware over generic hardware rather than a "use at your own  
>> risk" message), you know who's going to get the bad press when it  
>> doesn't work well on cheap boxes, and comparisons start being made  
>> to Windows stability, etc. I think this is a potentially difficult  
>> line Apple is going to have to walk - can they do enough marketing  
>> to keep the potential complaints of poor compatibility with  
>> generic PC hardware at bay? Or are they better to avoid it by  
>> making sure it's not an issue, and thereby frustrate (perhaps  
>> alienate) some who would like more choice of hardware?
>>


Hey it might increase sales.  Look how well it went for Windows.  And  
more IT departments might start recommending them as well.  Job  
security and all.  lol

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