[opendtv] Re: Its a standard intel platform was: Re: Re: Apple to ditch IBM, switch to Intel chips
- From: Craig Birkmaier <craig@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2005 09:51:16 -0400
At 8:51 AM -0700 6/9/05, Kon Wilms wrote:
>On Thu, 2005-06-09 at 08:06 -0400, Craig Birkmaier wrote:
>> And I hate to throw cold water on your plans John, but you can forget
>> about Active-X controls on Macs running on Intel hardware. These
>> machines will still be Macs, just running on Intel processors. OS-X
>> will not run on generic PCs, and Apple is not going to bring a bunch
>> of Microsoft dirty laundry to the party. What we will have is a world
>> class OS running on Intel hardware.
>
>It won't? The development stations ship in the configuration of... a
>standard PC -- Phoenix BIOS, onboard Intel GFX, etc.
>
>Its going to be really hard for Apple to justify high prices based on
>appearance. Hopefully their customers are not as stupid this time
>around.
i did not say that either the development platform or future Macs
would be incapable of running Windows. I said that John will not find
support for Active X controls in OS-X.
If you want to run Windows, buy a Windows PC. As Kon correctly
states, it will probably be cheaper than the Apple hardware.
Apple is not charging a significant premium for their hardware today.
The problem is Apple and PC comparisons. You get what you pay for,
and Apple does not play in the arena of stripped down, crippled
machines, as is the case with entry level PCs. I see no reason why
Apple cannot continue to differentiate products with Intel Inside as
they do today with PowerPC inside.
Regards
Craig
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