Re: chips

[Roger Johnstone <news2006@roger.geek.nz>]

In <7ribt1heb63pt7d544s953qaueak2v9dh8@4ax.com> a2now@hnt.net wrote:
> On Sun, 22 Jan 2006 14:16:51 GMT, ziggy <ziggy@fakedaddress.com>
> wrote:
> 
>>In article <1137866341.748366.317430@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>,
>> bob@coolgroups.com wrote:
>>
>>> i heard apple is going to use intel chips.  anyone know what they 
>>> were using before?
>>
>>Havent been keeping up on the news have you..
>>
>>They have already released intel based machines.  its been PowerPC 
>>since  they moved away from the 68000 series, MANY years ago. But no 
>>longer,  the final downfall of Apple has begun. I hope the Ipods can 
>>keep them  afloat.
> 
> Apple died years ago.  The microscopic installed base that Apple is
> clinging to is testament to this very fact.

The Macs installed base is often reported as around 25 million. In the 
last quarter Apple sold 1.25 million Macs. Sure, that's nothing compared 
to Windows, but it means every quarter Apple is selling as many Macs as 
they sold of the Apple IIGS during its entire six year life.
 
> Jobs is an idiot.

Jobs bought Pixar back in 1986 for US$10 million. He sunk another $50 
million in to it over the years to keep it going. Disney has just bought 
Pixar for $7.4 billion in stock. Jobs gets over half of that.

I wish I was that stupid.

> He markets his overpriced and overhyped junk to the
> masses and mandates a "my way or the highway" attitude.  Macs are now
> basically just PC boxes running a customised version of NetBSD. The
> Mac itself is essentially dead as it no longer has a unique hardware
> base any more.  Might as well throw in the towel Mr Jobs along with
> your ego.

The Mac has always been the software, not the hardware. The Intel Mac is 
a new hardware platform, just as the PCI Macs were different from the 
NuBus Macs, and the PowerPC Macs different from the 68000 Macs, and Mac 
II was completely different from the original Mac. Who cares?

> I lost all respect for Apple when they continually failed to support
> the Apple // line in its later years and then dumped it like a hot
> potato - even when it was a big seller.  Morons.

Yep, it would have been nicer if Apple had provided more support for the 
Apple II. They sure as hell didn't dump it when it was a hot seller 
though, only after they had ignored it to the point of death.
 
-- 
Roger Johnstone, Invercargill, New Zealand
http://roger.geek.nz/
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