Here's more food for thought on this subject.
1. When Apple finally rolls out 'Leopard,' how many 'tested on Intel'
apps do you think there will be? Seeing how Leopard ONLY RUNS ON APPLE
HARDWARE (see bottom of page: http://tinyurl.com/8vwvz ), how will
develpers test their apps? I'm sure Apple will seed a few developer
boxes out there, but the majority of developers will have to 'wait and
see' how their newly cross-compiled code runs. Not a pretty sight, IMO.
2. Why would anyone want to buy a Mac computer today, knowing it will be
outdated/obsolete in a year or two? Also, I expect all software MUST be
upgraded when Leopard ships. IMO, this is a big of an upgrade as the OS9
to BSD UNIX OSX.
3. We already know Mac users hold onto their computers longer than PC
users. The current Mac marketshare is something around 4% while the
userbase is around 10%, which supports that fact. So, will users be
inclined to keep their existing Macs while waiting for the new Intel
ones? I am. I'm wondering how this will affect the 'bottom line.'?
4. So, it looks like Apple will 'let' users install windows on their
machines. The question is, will MS make it impossible to run Longhorn on
a machine with Leopard installed? Interesting issue. If I can run both
on one machine, then I'll probably just buy the Apple (all things being
equal).
-Chipp
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