[Ti] Re: like hell freezing over ?

[John Griffin]

Ok, then maybe you could answer me this:

What the hell is going to happen to Firewire (both 400 and 800).  
Since Intel uses only USB 2.0, I would have to expect that very soon  
those of us with very large FW800 drives will be left to dangle in  
the wind!

jg

On 7-Jun-05, at 1:42 PM, Timothy Luoma wrote:

>
> On Jun 7, 2005, at 10:34 AM, John Griffin wrote:
>
>
>> Here is another issue that nobody has mentioned. Apple has just  
>> come out with a Development kit for $1K (US) that Develpers have  
>> to use to convert their software to the Intel Platform.
>>
>> Excuse me? They developers have suddenly had the rug pulled out  
>> from under them and are expected to shell out one thousand bucks  
>> for the “privilege” of downgrading their applications so they will  
>> work on an inferior platform?
>>
>> I am steaming on this one!!!
>>
>
> And they aren't buying it, they are renting it for 18 months.
>
> "Inferior" is, of course, relative.
>
> A dual-G5 may be better than what Intel has to offer (today)... as  
> long as you don't need mobility.
>
> Since laptops outsold desktop in May (*), Apple is betting on the  
> future rather than the past.
>
> Despite the indignation of some, Apple will go forward, the sky  
> will not fall, and this will not be the end of OS X or Apple.   
> There was plenty of indignation over the previous changes made too.
>
> TjL
>
> (*)
> http://news.com.com/2102-1047_3-5731417.html?tag=st.util.print
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