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Apple on Intel
ThinkDifferent:
Another advantage of the switch is that PC fanatics might finally stop bitching about the gigahertz gap, even though Mac people know it really doesn't matter. It improves Apple's image in the eyes of laymen, which is always good.
All in all, I'm uneasy, though. I'm afraid Mac zealots' smack talk about PowerPC being better than Pentium (which I've participated in, actually) might come back to haunt us. And if hackers find a way to make OS X run on generic PCs, Apple is done for. Totally done for. Remember, Apple is a hardware company. If people could buy generic PCs and put OS X on them, they definitely would. Apple's sales of Macs would all but disappear and they would become beleaguered again.
I'm not sure what the switch means for emulation purposes. Will VPC run at almost full speed? I've also heard from the gaming community (IMG in particular) that the switch could be bad for Mac gaming because people might simply be able to run PC games on Macs at little performance cost. Anyone know whether that's true?
Since the return of Jobs, Apple has only done one dumb thing (the Cube). Here's hoping that this isn't another one, because if it is, it could have far worse repercussions.
My first post, by the way.
mosfet:
The Cube is one of those things that it depends on who you talk to. A lot of people still run and upgrade cubes these days. I'd like to have another one some time.
My summary on what most of the game developers have said about the switch is that :
The switch is Good for Mac gaming, because it will essentially replace the Mac with a PC. You can just dual boot the Mac into Windows to play games.
The switch is Bad for Mac gaming, because it will essentially replace the Mac with a PC. If you can dual boot into Windows, then why even bother porting games to Mac?
Sideways:
That won't hurt Apple... they don't port anything.
Little Indie companies are typically responsible for those ports.
So yeah, they'll get stung, but this won't hurt Apple at all.
Digs:
I came in here expecting hot Apple on Intel action.
ThinkDifferent:
Somehow Mac-Windows dual-booting doesn't seem likely. Emulation, perhaps (like VPC, only "more native") but not dual-booting like OS 9-OS X dual-booting. Like a lot of people have said, I'm sure Mac and Windows will remain clearly distinct platforms that just happen to run on the same processor. At least, it'll be that way for the end user. I know it'll have more consequences for developers (I being one myself).
Also, of course, with this news Apple's sales will take a hit in the short term because people will hold off on buying until the first Intel Macs come out. Who wants to bet on which will be the first model line to go over?
Also, does anyone know which Intel processors Macs will be using? Pentium? Celeron? Some new thing?
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