> SOMETHING made them decide to pull the ripcord on the PPC > architecture, because from where I stand, this is about the last > thing I expect they WANT to do right now, because it has the > potential to completely FUBAR the momentum Apple's got going vis-a- > vis OS X versus Windows in the public mind.
This is exactly right. Business is business, and the quest is to make money. This decision, which shocks a lot of us, was no doubt based on a question of making more money. What we wonder is: 'What line of logic expects this drastic change to make a lot more money for Apple?' There is no other reason they would do something as sensational and dumbfounding as this, in light of the correct assertions that Bruce has made. This is not something that I know much about, but having heard arguments whether Apple is a hardware company or software company, it seems to me they are both. As such one way of creating new software sales would be to make their applications run on x86 machines, which they have been doing. I've seen articles from the distant past that leads me to believe that they have been working on the Mac OS on x86 machines for quite some time. Taking this way of thinking and applying it to OS X is it not possible to think that they are planning to market a "generic" version that would install on any x86 box from Dell, Gateway, etc...? Given the amount of Adware, Viruses and Spyware on Windoze boxes, I would think there would be one hell of a market for an OS that was not susceptible to these kind of invasions. I can imagine a call to Dell that includes the question "What OS would you like, Windoze, Linux or OS X" -- Unsupported OS X is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Unsupported OS X list info <http://lowendmac.com/lists/unsupported.html> --> 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/unsupportedosx%40mail.maclaunch.com/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
