The Falling Apple
from the will-it-survive,-do-we-care? dept
Salon has a package of articles about the fact that Apple looks like it's in trouble again. They discuss one potential solution for Apple: ditching the PowerPC architecture for AMD's Athlon. Then, there's another article suggesting that since Apple treats its supposedly loyal users so badly, no one should care if they fail. Personally, I'm still amazed that people care so much about their Macs. I'm also amazed that PC manufacturers still haven't figured out how to make good looking machines. For now, that's a lot of what keeps Apple in business. Update: Here's an article in today's SF Gate, about everything that Apple has done to avoid being in trouble and suggests that things aren't as bad as everyone is making them out to be.Thank you for reading this Techdirt post. With so many things competing for everyone’s attention these days, we really appreciate you giving us your time. We work hard every day to put quality content out there for our community.
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I'm a mac fan....
So will Apple fans give up on Apple? Well, do Amiga fans give up on Amiga? Not bloody likely. But I guess eventually Windows will change so much and Mac OS will change so much that no one will care at some point. I just don't think we've quite reached that point yet.... And I think Apple might still have a few tricks left to pull.
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Re: I'm NOT a mac fan....
They have no tricks left. All the engineers have left the company. Many went to Microsoft.
All that remains is for them to turn out the lights and go home.
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I'm a computer fan
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