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Will Apple Adopt Windows?
FoxNews ^ | Feb 20, 2006 | Joh Dvorak

Posted on 02/23/2006 6:41:52 PM PST by grandpa jones

This would be the most phenomenal turnabout in the history of desktop computing. There's just one fly in the ointment.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Unclassified
KEYWORDS: apple; mac; macintosh; osx; propaganda
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The only fly in the ointment will be the strategic difficulty of breaking the news to the fanatical users. Most were not initially pleased by the switch to Intel's architecture, and this will make them crazy.
1 posted on 02/23/2006 6:41:54 PM PST by grandpa jones
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Why not, their goal is to sell computers. Why not use the OS that has the most software written for it.


2 posted on 02/23/2006 6:42:49 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: grandpa jones

No.


3 posted on 02/23/2006 6:43:41 PM PST by Revolting cat! ("In the end, nothing explains anything.")
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To: grandpa jones

Never happen. EGO factor.


4 posted on 02/23/2006 6:44:32 PM PST by Minus_The_Bear
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They need to Make OS X compatible with PC's. Thats what they need to do.


5 posted on 02/23/2006 6:44:49 PM PST by Echo Talon
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To: grandpa jones

This would be unbelievable -- and very fun to watch!

GotDotNet?


6 posted on 02/23/2006 6:45:27 PM PST by EarlyBird
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To: grandpa jones
This would be the most phenomenal turnabout in the history of desktop computing. There's just one fly in the ointment.

Namely, that Dvorak is a freaking moron?

7 posted on 02/23/2006 6:45:37 PM PST by Shalom Israel (Pray for the peace of Jerusalem.)
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To: grandpa jones; Swordmaker

NO! No, and NO! (I hope)


8 posted on 02/23/2006 6:46:30 PM PST by Reborn
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To: Reborn

Well, you know with all those viruses, trojans, worms and DOS attacts now hitting the Mac OS, Apple needs a more secure operating system! he he he


9 posted on 02/23/2006 6:49:30 PM PST by EarlyBird
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To: grandpa jones

No chance. Their hardware isn't price-competitive in the commodity market that PC hardware has become. Abandoning their OS would alienate Apple's core user base and turn them into nothing more than an MP3 player manufacturer and possibly a super-niche manufacturer of expensive but pretty hardware for the computer user equivalent of people who put 26" chrome wheels on their cars.


10 posted on 02/23/2006 6:53:40 PM PST by Turbopilot (Nothing in the above post is or should be construed as legal research, analysis, or advice.)
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To: dfwgator

Nah, its just fear mongerin:)
In my case, and presumably most other Apple owners, I bought specifically because of OS X - a solid unix I can develop software in, topped by a nice frosting to do all those multimedia things I want to happen transparently. I never gave a thought to buying a mac until OS X came out.

I cannot think of anything that I cannot run on my powerbook that I could run on a windows machine. Anymore, most of everything I do is via a browser anyway. The concept of 'platform' has migrated from hardware, to an OS, and in recent years to a network/browser.


11 posted on 02/23/2006 6:56:06 PM PST by posterchild (I FReep therefore I am.)
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I cannot think of anything that I cannot run on my powerbook that I could run on a windows machine.

.Net Framework perhaps?

12 posted on 02/23/2006 6:58:30 PM PST by EarlyBird
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To: grandpa jones
Epstein made four observations. The first was that the Apple Switch ad campaign was over, and nobody switched.

"Nobody", huh. That sounds plausible.

The second was that the iPod lost its FireWire connector because the PC world was the new target audience.

Standard not adopted? ABANDON SHIP!

Also, although the iPod was designed to get people to move to the Mac, this didn't happen.

The iPod was designed to make Apple lots of money. It's not a loss-leader by any means.

And, of course, that Apple had switched to the Intel microprocessor.

Here's my two cents. Apple wants to leverage the larger pool of OSS developers on that hardware. Apple has cleverly layered Mac OS X so that they could interchange components with say... I don't know... some open source kernel similar to BSD... don't know what that'd be... hmmm...

13 posted on 02/23/2006 6:58:38 PM PST by impatient
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Dvorak's smoking opium again.

He needs page hits every so often, so he comes up with this sort of $%@*. And of course, we all rush on over to see him make a horse's behind of himself (again).

Try this analogy, folks:

Dvorak:computers::Mondale:politics

Everyone clear now?


14 posted on 02/23/2006 7:00:08 PM PST by Sam_Damon
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To: grandpa jones
Will Bill and Melinda adopt me?

I'm vey sweet and mostly housebroken.

15 posted on 02/23/2006 7:01:34 PM PST by ExGeeEye (All Hail the Great Folger, creator of hot brown goodness.)
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To: Turbopilot

Well said. Without OS X they become merely a fashion statement. Reminds me of the book 'Hypercompetitive Rivalries' by D'Aveni which talks about why niche players emerge, and how some businesses migrate to commodity providers (for better or worse). There is no value for AAPL in becoming another windows running hardware provider.


16 posted on 02/23/2006 7:01:42 PM PST by posterchild (I FReep therefore I am.)
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To: grandpa jones

Just call it iWindows and the crazies will lap it up.


17 posted on 02/23/2006 7:02:32 PM PST by Redcloak (<--- Not always a "people person")
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To: grandpa jones

Silliest Apple rumor I've ever heard, and I've heard quite a few.


18 posted on 02/23/2006 7:04:15 PM PST by dighton
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To: Turbopilot

Exactly.

Apple can't become just another Dell.


19 posted on 02/23/2006 7:06:05 PM PST by Sam the Sham (A conservative party tough on illegal immigration could carry California in 2008)
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To: EarlyBird
.Net Framework perhaps?
My statement should have included a 'that I want to run' clause in it somewhere:) I haven't tried any .net stuff on my powerbook but I presume that it doesn't exist for mac. I used to do COM and ADO development some years ago, but switched to java in 1998.
20 posted on 02/23/2006 7:07:57 PM PST by posterchild (I FReep therefore I am.)
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