Re: PC vs Mac

On 4 Oct 2006 03:23:14 -0700, tonygonz wrote:

"Apple shipments increased by double digits in the second quarter
following a slow first quarter. Strong portable PC sales through its
retail outlets had a significant impact with retail growing by 50% and
portables by over 60% year on year. The strong growth reflects a
successful transition to Intel-based systems - a critical transition
for the company that sets the stage for future growth."

I'm waiting to see what happens with the new Intel based Macs. The hype is
that they will substantially improve performance. The Intel chip sets
might also mean that it would be easier to simultaneously release
applications on both the PC and the Mac. It depends on how well the
application developers have structured their products. If the link to the
operating system is loosely coupled from the code that provides the
functional process logic then it would be easy to convert a program that
runs on the same basic CPU to different operating systems.

I'm not very enthusiastic about XP on a Mac. I think one of the Mac's
strengths is its operating system. I'm reminded of when I, back in the
eighties, had an Apple IIE card in my PC. Although it seemed like a neat
gimmick when I bought it, I didn't get the same performance running Apple
programs on the PC than I did on the Apple IIE. This, even though the PC
was the more powerful platform, and the marketing hype said the Apple IIE
card had the same capabilities as an Apple IIE.

Phil Yff
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