On 11/29/05, Phillip Meza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey Listers, I know this may not be the forum for this ... but > I'm curious about your thoughts on what "Mac on Intel" might really > mean? I for one am very excited about all of the "supported and > unsuppported activity" to run OSX on a PC. Care to share? regards, Phillip > > > --
I seriously doubt there will be any clones as long as Jobs is running the Apple show. Jobs was pretty serious about not selling licenses for clones and he's right. It's a smart business decision. I miss not having any competition but as long as Apple makes quality products I don't really care because the prices are dropping every year. It's amazing to think about what you can get for $3,000.00 now. What could you get back in the 80's or 90's for 3 grand ? The x86 Macs are gonna be so proprietary that running OS X on anything else is going to be really difficult. I know they are doing it now but that is the developers release of x86 OS X and the official public release will not be anywhere near that easy to put on any peecee box. I'm just glad there was a Clone era. It kinda kicked Apple in the ass and forced them to get back on track or loose the race. Competition is good for the consumer and the manufacturer. It's like the Japanese cars in the 80's. American cars had become junk and the foreign car makers were kicking our butts. American cars are still junk if you ask me but they did get better. Macs got better too but still had some issues. CRT iMac analog boards for example........ I have a feeling that the common peecee buyer may be more likely to buy a Mac because of the Intel connection. The majority of home computer buyers don't have a clue about computers and that will make them think that Macs are compatible with the rest of the world now. As if they haven't been....... Remember - Windoze was made to keep idiots off Macs ! I just had no idea there were that many idoits out there. I'm going to stick with my PPC Macs for a couple more years and see what they come up with. If they can come up with a killer Powerbook with a new Intel M chip I may consider buying one sooner. It would have to be a lot better than my G4 PB though and that's going to be tough to do. I've used several different top end x86 laptops and none are really very impressive. But I may be a little biased and Windoze may be part of what is not impressive about them. -- Ron http://krowmagnum.4mg.com/ -- SuperMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | Service & Replacement Parts [EMAIL PROTECTED] | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> SuperMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/supermacs/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[email protected]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/supermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
