To all you Intel haters out there, all I have to say is, “I TOLD YOU SO!!”
So Apple is switching to x86 ala Intel processors and ditching the IBM PowerPC architecture. Well holy shit, I knew this just had to happen!
Admittedly I have limited experience with the Apple OS but the short couple months I had a G4 OSX10.3, I simply loved it. It was easy to use yet ready to satisfy my power hungry finger tips if I so desired simply by opening a terminal. The terminal is the true power of any *nix type operating system. Microsoft, are you listening? (probably not but who cares anyway.)
I guess we will know for sure on Monday according to this article over at C|net…
UPDATE: 06/05/05
So the news of Apple switching to the Intel camp has the tech community in a buzz. All the normal news sites and blogs are swamped with people throwing in their “2 cents”. Clearly, there are 3 popular opinions out there running wild. Here is where I think most of the people lie:
- Those to welcome the change with open arms saying that the switch is a good thing for Apple and the PC industry as a whole
- Those that hate the change and say that Apple is going to loose customers, business, etc… and end up in hell blah blah blah
- Then there are those that are the skeptical type who will just wait until Monday to open their “pie holes“
Personally, I like the change. Why? Well cause I am too cheap to fork over for expensive Apple hardware and gear. If the change is indeed true, then I am sure that it will only be a matter of time before I will be running the Apple OS on my sweet PC!
UPDATE: 06/07/05
So its true… Apple is shaking hands with “the devil” Intel.
Well I fit into none of your three categories, I am baffled and shocked. If the switch was pure x86 and not “intel” I would support it more, but it is not. I think Apple is probably shifting their customer base or at least reorienting themselves in the market. Jobs has made bad decisions before and not everything he does is golden. I like OS X quite a bit, but without the iPod Apple would not be as strong as they are. Another issue is that apparently the CPUs from Intel will cost more than the G5s from IBM, so that means cost might be odd. Apple has used standard video cards with their own bios adding about $100 or more to the cost. That bios doesn’t need to cost that much more it is just about proprietary shit. I think this is very interesting, but at the same time it truly reduces the diversity. I guess in the end everything will be a crappy IBM/PC Clone, still stuck with legacy crap like x86. I say bring on new machines and screw backwards compatibility.
I agree with Stephen aboe. I think Apple using powerPC chips made things more interesting from a competitive standpoint. It was a completely different (RISC) platform that was true 64bit (even if the OS did not fully utilize this) . Switching to X86 is just one step down in my opinion and will stifle competition because if I (Joe sixpack) can get a 4.0ghz apple for x,, and can get a 4.0ghz for x-100$ from dell… Why would I not go and get the DELL?
Maybe i am bias cause my G3 Ibook, Ipod, and g4 Mini….. But I don’t like the change one bit.