On Tuesday 11 October 2005 02:23 pm, george wrote:
On 10/10/05 11:19 PM, "BandiPat"
wrote: You have GOT to be kidding.
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Actually George, I'm not. :-)
There would be a lot more PPC machines around, if Jobs had left the hardware to others and the clone makers alone. And you certainly can't deny that with more machines available, they would have been cheaper!
end of line Rusty
Apple would then have to support how many hardware vendors...? possibility deal with crappy hardware...? I've had many clones and many apple-macs. The clones had many more hardware issues than any one of my apple hardware boxes. Out of our intel based hardware, I can't tell you how many power supplies, ram, drives, motherboards, etc. I've had to change due to crappy parts. If you let any hardware company hold something over your head, you have to bow down to them...think IBM vs Moto. Apple kept bouncing back and forth as to who would give him the best product. I guess he finally got pissed off at IBM and decided Intel would be the best for his company.
Also keep in mind it isn't how many widgets you sell, it's how much $ you make on each widget. Many people I know would never buy anything else other than a apple hardware mac. Their hardware is very reliable.
___________________ IPod, Mac to highlight Apple report By Rex Crum, MarketWatch Last Update: 7:17 PM ET Oct. 10, 2005 [...] (iPod sales) How many other hardware companies can say this? ========
First of all George, just one email to the list please! There is no need to send me a copy as well, I'm on the list, so one will suffice. I could make an Apple user joke here, but you might misconstrue that as being rude and that's not my intention. The hardware coming from the clone makers during that period were no less reliable or worse than what was coming from Apple. The clones had already started a nice increase in Apple rom based computers, so you can't say it was a bad thing! Increased Apple sales, better OS, after 10 that is, and better hardware in the end with some standards being produced. Now obviously you are an Apple computer person and I respect that, but be reasonable. The only reason Apple is doing anything right now financially is the iPod and accessories, because their computer sales suck! From your last few sentences, you sound like you are pulling words right out of Jobs' mouth! That has always been his thoughts as well and one of the big reasons Mac computers have always been so pricey. Apple would have never had to support clone hardware, only their OS running on that hardware. Did you ever hear of Windows having to support all clone makers? Or LinuxOS or BeOS or... Your statement is just not reasonable. I doubt very much that Steve Jobs got pissed off at either Motorola or IBM, but rather got a lot of incentive from Intel to make the move. Read some of the articles on the web about this move. It also indicates that Apple was never a hardware company, but a software company, else they would have the good sense to continue with PPC! I don't really wish them ill by going to Intel, but I do consider it a bad move on their part, as they are going to have to make OS10.x look awfully attractive for folks to start using it, when Linux is an overall better, faster system and free to boot! regards, Rusty