Tuesday, June 07, 2005

Apple with Intel

http://stream.apple.akadns.net/

http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2005/jun/06intel.html

So, the big question, as raised here, is if we will finally be able to double boot Windoze and OS X on the same machine - hmmm.
http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000157045779/

Pro:
huge distribution possibilities

Con:
huge compatibility issues potential
no more hardware sales for Apple means no more profit for Apple?
MS might just have to lower it's price for longhorn, though to try to kill it - and they will definitely try to kill it
Honestly, I'm surprised that they didn't make Intel exclude them long ago

Other questions:
What about Transmeta and AMD?

1 comment:

Lucien said...

They might, but they already have a PC version of iTunes, which is the critical link there. And they really can't expect to get major increases in the near term in their market penetration.

My guess is that they will include some sort of hardware/software key to limit what the OS will work on to those boxes built by Apple.