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New poll posted on Intel Macs and Windows XP
Authored by: Pain_Man on May 13, '06 01:23:07PM

When I first heard, in 1998!, that Apple would be porting to Intel hardware I was excited. Being no platform bigot, I started with a MacPlus in '85 for the high school newspaper (9in screen, no hdd, etc; it had the best keyboard I've ever used, I've never found anything like the feel of that ancient keyboard).

Mom bought me my first PC around the same time. I had actually wanted a Mac, but she insisted she have the same computer at home as she had at work, so there you go. No Mac for Pain_Man.

I used the Mac again at work in 97-98. And several times in between those years.

Thus I was happy that Apple would start to use Intel hardware. 8 yrs later its finally happened.

I was happy because I thought it would mean sky-high Mac prices--the absurdly high prices, imo, is one of the biggest barriers to Apple's taking market share from Microsoft--would come down and we'd see a real alternative to Apple for those of us unwilling, or unable, to pay the Apple premium.

No dice. The Intel Duo machines still start at the same price as the PPC machines: 2 grand.

For 2 grand I can get so MUCH more hardware bang for my buck that I really see no choice. I can't spend $2K on a Mac when the same $2K will get me a vastly more powerful and robust Windows PC.

At first the mini-Mac looked promising, but it's little more than a toy.

With the advent of a working dual boot system, the thousands of dollars in Windows software I have would finally be useable on a Mac (tho' I'm curious as to why Redmond hasn't demanded reciprocity for the Mac OS; fathoming the ways of Redmond is good way to get a migraine).

The price is still the barrier. When I replace my current PC, it won't be with an Intel Mac. I just can't justify the cost to myself, let alone to my wife.

So I'm disappointed that Apple's once again shot itself in the foot. Another chance to actually expand marketshare is ignored to catering to what is essentially a niche base.

It's really, really too bad. Cupertino could have done the entire computing world a HUGE favor by actually competing with Microsoft Windows. A serious competitor--which, for obvious reasons Linux will never be-- could only help everone. A rise to even 10% marketshare by Apple would force Microsoft to finally take Quality Control seriously.

Sadly, the Apple Arrogance Complex has prevailed again over good business.

Once the iPod fad fades--as it inevitably will--Apple will once again be in heap big trouble.

Competition, SERIOIUS competition is the only thing that's going to spur Lord Bill to make his operation serious about releasing finsihed software, instead of disguised betas forcing the public to find and fix the bugs in his OS.

Bummer!



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