--- In [email protected], "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Apple totally lost the mass market by insisting on proprietary > hardware, when everyone else, especially Microsoft, realized that the > money was to be made in software. > > I recall years ago trying to support someone's modem operation with > an Apple computer and couldn't because Apple wouldn't release the > pinout diagram for the cable attaching to the modem! So they will > continue to have a precious 3% of users or something, or see the light > and just use Intel stuff and make their OS compatible... >
I am not aware of that issue. I always knew how to find out what the pinout on any Apple plug was. Where did you look? > --- In [email protected], "Alex Stanley" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > The laptop issue is a biggie. MY concern is about how this > > > transition will affect Apple's high-end during the period > > > when IBM has NO incentive to improve G5's yet Apple won't > > > be producing any high-end Macs based on Inel for another > > > year or so. > > > > Would I be correct in assuming that Apple will use a proprietary > > motherboard architecture that prevents people from installing MacOS > > on a standard PC? To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
