The real problem with the Apple-Intel announcement: Osbournization

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Ross Finlayson <finlayson () live com>
Date: June 6, 2005 10:05:21 PM EDT
To: dave () farber net
Subject: For IP: The real problem with the Apple-Intel announcement:  
Osbournization


Personally, I'm concerned for Apple - not because of the technical  
challenges (they are surmountable) - but because of the likelihood  
that Apple has now 'Osbourned' themselves.  (I assume that most IP  
readers are old enough to understand the "Osbourne" reference.)

For example, I had been planning for some time to replace my aging  
Intel laptop (running Windows NT) with an Apple PowerBook.  But I now  
wonder if I should wait a year or so until Apple comes out with a  
(presumably much better performing) new Intel-based PowerBook.   
(After all, the PowerPC G4 is now a dead end for Apple, and there  
will certainly now be no G5-based PowerBooks.)

I suspect that many other people will now be having similar  
reservations about buying Macs in the near future, especially since  
these concerns risk forming a feedback loop, threatening the very  
viability of the company.

    Ross Finlayson
    LIVE.COM
    <http://www.live.com/>



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