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Apple die-hards getting upset by Steve,
Windows die-hards getting upset by Bill.

Linus must be smiling all the way.

That's the beauty of Open-source: The only time they stop supporting/developing in a certain architecture is when it's past its lifetime.
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Now I plan to buy a Mac  nucrash | 06/10/05
Your results don't jive with published benchmarks(nt)  ShadeTree | 06/10/05
Last I checked....  nucrash | 06/10/05
I don't understand all the talk about not buying  mlindl | 06/10/05
It's human nature..and not a proud nature by the by.  Laff | 06/10/05
Software Obsolescence  __howard__ | 06/12/05
Not buying  PA-ITGuy | 06/10/05
Well I have my state of the Art iMac G5 which of  Laff | 06/10/05
I'm not buying....at least not yet  tic swayback | 06/10/05
News Break!  rkadowns | 06/10/05
Are you 100% sure about that?  Laff | 06/10/05
The problem  IT Scion | 06/10/05
Buyin ga Mac now could be iffy...  jpr75_z | 06/10/05
How long will ISVs continue to support both platforms?  rdwhitti | 06/10/05
Support yes, quality of support? Maybe  tic swayback | 06/10/05
PPC Macs may work better  Ken_z | 06/10/05
A good argument for buying now  tic swayback | 06/10/05
Altivec  rkadowns | 06/10/05
Bad news for Photoshop jocks (nt)  tic swayback | 06/10/05
Altivec Quandaries  jbroche18 | 06/10/05
Never mind MacOS on Intel...  figgle | 06/10/05
You can do that now  tic swayback | 06/10/05
A Choice! A Choice!  Bupkus | 06/10/05
Here, here!  sargon_z | 06/11/05
Linux partition on Mac is the better option for me  Prognosticator | 06/10/05
A Mac is a Mac!  An_Axe_to_Grind | 06/10/05
Borrowed that from Kinte!  An_Axe_to_Grind | 06/10/05
Likek you borowed your NIC.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/10/05
Like You Borrowing A Clue?  itanalyst | 06/10/05
Was there a thought anywhere in your post?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/10/05
WRONG!  An_Axe_to_Grind | 06/11/05
Kunte?  itanalyst | 06/10/05
WRONG!!!!  nucrash | 06/10/05
Obviously you never had to support them  escoles@... | 06/10/05
So build a better one...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/10/05
Those days you speak of  rkadowns | 06/10/05
Highly integrated software to hardware is a disadvantage.  osreinstall | 06/10/05
Now I've seen..  pierrejvr | 06/14/05
Daughter went with Dell  cpuguru | 06/10/05
This should be funny  tic swayback | 06/10/05
Someone smart enough to post here...  Anton Philidor | 06/10/05
First time users have a steep learning curve  tic swayback | 06/10/05
Is that true tic?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/10/05
Maintenance, not usage  tic swayback | 06/10/05
Yes and no...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/10/05
Not that simple  tic swayback | 06/10/05
tic, you've bought some exaggerations.  Anton Philidor | 06/10/05
RE: tic, you've bought some exaggerations.  Linux User 147560 | 06/10/05
RE: Yes and no...  Linux User 147560 | 06/10/05
Re: Re: Yes and No  IT Scion | 06/10/05
Anton--  tic swayback | 06/11/05
Just wait...  erdiko@... | 06/15/05
Power Users have harder time switching  __howard__ | 06/12/05
Um, Anton...  Real World | 06/10/05
Knowledge needed to post foolishness.  Anton Philidor | 06/10/05
smart girl  jimk_z | 06/10/05
Linux?  NemesisNL | 06/10/05
re  jimk_z | 06/10/05
only if...  doh123 | 06/10/05
in your world maybe  NemesisNL | 06/10/05
Ha ha, very fun joke  FilledOut | 06/10/05
I didn't know...  erdiko@... | 06/15/05
HUGE DIFFERENCE  itanalyst | 06/10/05
lol  sp29 | 06/10/05
Well you daughter did not think it out that well.  Laff | 06/11/05
Now I plan not to buy a Mac  harrap@... | 06/10/05
You're going to wait a long time  escoles@... | 06/10/05
Itanium been shipping for years...  GoPower | 06/10/05
Intel Macs  bhartman36 | 06/10/05
Appearently you didn't read all the news  NemesisNL | 06/10/05
Linux will survive, and other issues  jbroche18 | 06/10/05
Admission  rkadowns | 06/10/05
Apple Machines  bhartman36 | 06/10/05
but.....  NemesisNL | 06/10/05
Windows on Apple Hardware  bhartman36 | 06/11/05
One More Point...  bhartman36 | 06/12/05
What have you been smoking?  Rick_K | 06/12/05
In truth it seems Apple Market share is increasing.  Laff | 06/11/05
Apple's Market Share  bhartman36 | 06/11/05
Hmmmmm.....and yet I don't think Apple wants to be MS.  Laff | 06/11/05
Wanting to be MS?  bhartman36 | 06/12/05
Perhaps you missed my point.  Laff | 06/12/05
Mini seems to be doing pretty well  tic swayback | 06/12/05
Consumers  bhartman36 | 06/12/05
Butt how many companies are like Apple anyway?  Laff | 06/13/05
"Surviving" versus "Thriving"  tic swayback | 06/13/05
How that's working out for Apple  tic swayback | 06/12/05
Market Share  bhartman36 | 06/12/05
Because people are just not going to throw away their  Laff | 06/13/05
Investment in Time and Money  bhartman36 | 06/13/05
Who cares where they rank. Are they profitable?  tic swayback | 06/13/05
Rank and Profitability  bhartman36 | 06/13/05
Then how are they doing it now?  tic swayback | 06/13/05
Apple have better build something better  ericjonah | 06/10/05
No, the Xbox is NOT using a PowerPC chip.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/10/05
Whatever your arguement is.....  ericjonah | 06/10/05
Not according to this  tic swayback | 06/10/05
Wrong again Bitty  Rick_K | 06/12/05
== Power PC chip was better than x86 ? ==  g-w-b-is-a-moron | 06/10/05
The answer is simple...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/10/05
== Copper not aluminum ==  g-w-b-is-a-moron | 06/10/05
Look at the Pentium "M" specs.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/10/05
== Thanks ==  g-w-b-is-a-moron | 06/10/05
the trick is....  NemesisNL | 06/10/05
Still is better!  An_Axe_to_Grind | 06/11/05
Does this open the door for a Mac Clone?  enduser_z | 06/10/05
Re: Mac Clone?  jbroche18 | 06/10/05
I'm not thinking about Apple blessed clones.  enduser_z | 06/10/05
That's an interesting dilemma  jbroche18 | 06/10/05
Might not need to reverse engineer.  enduser_z | 06/10/05
In theory  PA-ITGuy | 06/10/05
I tend to agree...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/10/05
So why hasn't it been done already?  tic swayback | 06/10/05
I can't say for sure.  enduser_z | 06/10/05
Hardware costs and no critical mass.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/10/05
Lots of Linux jocks with Powerbooks  tic swayback | 06/10/05
It wouldn't just be about Linux users.  enduser_z | 06/10/05
Proof of concept  tic swayback | 06/11/05
My New Imac G-5  joedokes | 06/10/05
== Not only that, but the first PPC's ran in 6800 mode ==  g-w-b-is-a-moron | 06/10/05
Virtual PC doesn't need to be ported, it needs quick re-write  morgande | 06/10/05
Who said they were going 32 bit intel?  NemesisNL | 06/10/05
Well said!  An_Axe_to_Grind | 06/11/05
The faucet is dripping!  Rumpled_Foreskin | 06/11/05
OS X simply destroys Windoze in every way.  freekish | 06/12/05
Market Share  mtifo@... | 06/13/05
In Response to Rick_K:  bhartman36 | 06/13/05
Just goes to show Steve Jobs is not fool!!!  Laff | 06/13/05
And don't forget the real keys of the deal:  tic swayback | 06/13/05
Microsoft's Bite of the Apple  bhartman36 | 06/13/05
One problem.  Zinoron | 06/13/05
Apple Hardware Woes  bhartman36 | 06/13/05
Apple will rule!  An_Axe_to_Grind | 06/13/05
60% alright  mactolinux | 06/13/05
Yum, tastes like chicken!  HypnoToad | 06/13/05
Re: So how are they doing it now? (in response to tic)  bhartman36 | 06/13/05
The PLAN! yeah!  An_Axe_to_Grind | 06/13/05
I like the way you think! happy  bhartman36 | 06/13/05
You can't get around it.  osreinstall | 06/13/05
Hardware dongles????  NemesisNL | 06/14/05
Still thinking you can beat the system.  osreinstall | 06/14/05

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