Date: Tue, 07 Jun 2005 16:58:14 -0600 From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> To: Miguel Mendez <flynn@energyhq.es.eu.org>, David Kelly <dkelly@hiwaay.net> Cc: freebsd-chat-local@be-well.ilk.org, freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: apple moving to x86 Message-ID: <6.2.1.2.2.20050607165322.07be0da0@localhost> In-Reply-To: <20050607214002.4a3b37e8.flynn@energyhq.es.eu.org> References: <b41c755205060614186bb2a201@mail.gmail.com> <42A4FD3F.70407@pacific.net.sg> <c389a04d050607070752998e86@mail.gmail.com> <44y89mb1e0.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> <20050607175303.GA96525@Grumpy.DynDNS.org> <20050607214002.4a3b37e8.flynn@energyhq.es.eu.org>
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At 01:40 PM 6/7/2005, Miguel Mendez wrote: >How so? Apple is a niche market. I find their switch to x86 pretty >depressing actually, although I understand their reasons. Who says it'll be a total switch? I could easily imagine Apple switching to x86 for its lower end products (or even selling MacOS X for PC clones) but continuing to use PowerPC for high end workstations and servers. There's some actual potential to make a profit selling hardware into these niches, whereas there's little or none in the highly saturated consumer desktop and notebook markets. ><yoda>The boy you trained, gone he is. Twisted by the Dark Side, young >Jobs has become.</yoda> <yoda>There is another.</yoda> Seriously: in many folks' opinion, Jobs *was* the Dark Side and should have done something like this years ago. --Brett Glass
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