Re: Apple makes Macs run Windows XP -

Stan Horwitz wrote:
In article <it_Yf.66953$dW3.55485@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
"bmoag" <aetoo@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Even Dvorak has predicted Apple will switch to XP or Vista.

Dvorak makes lots of predictions and who knows, one of them may actually prove to be true, but that prediction is not one of them. Dvorak works in the mode where if he throws enough *** against his office wall, some
of it may eventually stick.

I personally think Apple is finally exiting the computer business, which everyone thought happened 10 years ago. At 4% market share Apple is hardly a raisin on a pie chart.

Yawn! The reality is, Apple's finances are the envy of all the other computer manufacturers, and its been that way even before Apple entered
the mp3 player market.

And Apple is likely to lose the suit brought against it by Apple Corp in England, which will have worldwide repercussions for its sole remaining viable business, Itunes/Ipod. The French also want to gut Itunes. Ipod/Itunes could lose control of the entire European market which is larger than the US market.

The writing is on the wall. One of two things will happen. Apple (the computer company) will win or lose that litigation. If Apple (the computer company) loses, I am sure the two Apple companies will simply strike some kind of license agreement where money will change hands and life will go on for all concerned.

Do you have Apple Computer stock in your portfolio?

Not me. I work in the computer field, but I refuse to invest my money in it. I do know some people who have invested in Apple (the computer company). In deference to them, I watch Apple's stock price. Note that since yesterday when this news about Boot Camp came out, Apple's share price rose. Only time will tell if the price continues to rise.

Not even Apple is publishing software for its new Mactel OS and few, if any, peripheral manufacturers are writing drivers for the Mactel OS.

That's simply not true. Go to http://www.apple.com and you can see tons of software that Apple is publishing for its OS. I own some Apple software such as iPhoto and iWork and it works fine on my new Intel-based
Mac.

This is not a flame: You have to be naive or stupid at this point to buy one of the Mactel boxes and think you can get useful work out of it.

Not so. With a Mac, you now get the best of both worlds. You get Apple's first rate customer service, its amazing OS, and the option to run Windows XP. I am hard pressed to see anything bad about that situation.
Than again, I traffic in facts, which you seem to avoid.

Apple is hardly even advertising the things anymore. You are getting mediocre Intel hardware at an inflated Apple price with the Apple warranty that is worse than most no-name pc clone providers give. There is no useful software for that OS and almost no drivers for existing or new peripherals. Existing Apple OS programs run via an incredibly lame kludge.

Again, wrong, but you have already shown that you have no clue about what
you are talking about.

I agree with everything you said, except about Apple's finances being the envy of other computer companies. Please don't tell me that Dell envies Apple's financial status, because if they do, then they are insane. That would be like Microsoft envying Adobe.
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