[X4U] Apple's move to Intel chips

[Bill Northcott]

On 08/06/2005, at 2:03 AM, Michael Gmail wrote:
> It could conceivably lead to the worst possible outcome, from a Mac
> user's perspective: if Windows software runs "natively" on Macs,
> major developers have no reason to continue developing their Mac
> versions.
>

I think that is the biggest risk in this whole operation.

OTOH if Apple can pull it off, they will have a code base and apps  
that run on both x86 and PPC.  So they can negotiate with both major  
CPU suppliers, and take whatever product best suits a particular  
design.  That might be Power5 or it might be Pentium M.  No other  
computer company can do that.

I still reckon the final act in the game of computer industry musical  
chairs which has been played out this last couple of years, is for  
IBM and Microsoft to do a deal for PPC Windows, but I think Apple  
have a much better chance of taking the ISVs with them than that  
would have.

Of course this finally nails down the lid of the coffin on Itanic.   
It is now strictly an HP proprietary product.

Bill