I'm now beginning to think that Apple will eventually ditch the Intel-based Mac OS in favor of Windows.
Now why would I want to buy a Mac computer and use the less-secure Windows XP instead of the more-secure Mac OSX? It just doesn't add up.
Hell, I don't even use Windows on my X86 computers. I have Xandros Linux installed on my 1.4GHz laptop and on my 2.4GHz desktop. And I can still use iTunes on Xandros using Crossover Office. That's the only way I can listen to Alex Jones' radio show on the internet (I tried installing Linspire's LSongs on here, but it didn't install).
When Apple users
boot Windows and realize
it's pretty darn good,
it's fairly solid
and it gives them access to
a vastly larger
community of
fellow OS users, then
they might not go back . . .
I thought something like this would happen when Gates "invested" $150 million a few years ago ,pre iPod.
Within a couple of years at most,I predict there will be a new Windows release ,hopefully combining the best of Mac with the best of Windows.Perhaps Gates is behind this in order to salvage the Vista ? OS can be compared to the fuel in our cars;nearly every one uses gasoline that isn't much different from station to station.Sure the cars look (are) different but not what makes them go. Just as a few are willing to use diesel,electric or other variants,I suspect some will continue to use Mac,linux, or whatever works for them. The appliance user will simply use what ever is best marketed not necessarily what is best for the task.That is why millions commute alone in large 4 wheel drive trucks burning twice or three times the fuel needed to move them in the same comfort and speed.Marketing wins.
Apple will shortly become just another,albeit "cooler" brand of PC.
Gamers should probably enjoy whatever has already been converted ,the game publishers aren't likely to bother porting when all future machines are Windows compatible.Apple gamers and Apple power users now find themselves in the situation experienced by Amiga users in 1992 when the Amiga management blew it despite having jumped out ahead with the best video and graphics early in the 80s. You have to run like h--- just to stay in the race.