will this effect the security of the Mac against the PC?
Will al this effect the security of the Mac against the PC😎
Will al this effect the security of the Mac against the PC😎
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Intel's New Image and Apple's Role
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jlewis2k1 said:
Hehehe, call the Intel whatever on Macs a G6...pronto!
New iBooks and PowerBooks G6! GO GO GO!
Who would've thought that at the dawn of the new millenium, the WinTel axis would be threatened by Apple?
This is a win-win situation all around. Intel gets a new public image by its asociation with Apple, after years of thought of being in an unholy alliance with the beast from Redmond. And if Microsoft doesn't adapt, there could be some serious chinks in the monopoly. I'm sure it's darkened their dreams to see a trinity of Apple-Intel-Google from Silicon Valley eat their lunch!
As far as most people are concerned, the big test will see how Office 12 works on Intel Macs. If Microsoft cripples it, then more organizations will follow Massachusetts' lead and not because it's a Mac issue, but because it shows Microsoft will insist on maintaining the proprietary and closed formats of their suite. If Office 12 is feature-equivalent with Windows, then consumers will finally have a real choice in computing platforms. Microsoft has shown that they may be planning just that leave the desktop and go for the server market, where Linux is the threat. There has been an Excel Server announced, that will join Project Server as the start of Microsoft's de-emphasizing the actual desktop applications and stress the importance of collaboration. Can PowerPoint Server be far behind?
Me? I'll be ecstatic if that happens. The Mac will become a major player in business markets; despite the growing popularity of Internet-based applications a la Google Earth, most of corporate America will continue to live by their desktop systems. Even after 10 years, I will not allow a Windows Server-based system in my enterprise. I just don't trust it. To me, the investment in training my IT folks in Linux (or whatever) is preferable to my still-serious questions about Windows stability. I don't even like it used as a test platform, simply because I know my administrators will wind up spending more time getting it to work properly than testing applications.
The offshot of this potential growth in business markets will lead straight to server markets. I have already persuaded my colleagues to bring in a test OS X Server for a system they had planned on using Windows Server, and they are enjoying it (much to their surprise).
I wonder when Apple will announce the first wave of Intel-based OS X Server systems? Now those will be awesome systems!
This is a win-win situation all around. Intel gets a new public image by its asociation with Apple, after years of thought of being in an unholy alliance with the beast from Redmond. And if Microsoft doesn't adapt, there could be some serious chinks in the monopoly. I'm sure it's darkened their dreams to see a trinity of Apple-Intel-Google from Silicon Valley eat their lunch!
As far as most people are concerned, the big test will see how Office 12 works on Intel Macs. If Microsoft cripples it, then more organizations will follow Massachusetts' lead and not because it's a Mac issue, but because it shows Microsoft will insist on maintaining the proprietary and closed formats of their suite. If Office 12 is feature-equivalent with Windows, then consumers will finally have a real choice in computing platforms. Microsoft has shown that they may be planning just that leave the desktop and go for the server market, where Linux is the threat. There has been an Excel Server announced, that will join Project Server as the start of Microsoft's de-emphasizing the actual desktop applications and stress the importance of collaboration. Can PowerPoint Server be far behind?
Me? I'll be ecstatic if that happens. The Mac will become a major player in business markets; despite the growing popularity of Internet-based applications a la Google Earth, most of corporate America will continue to live by their desktop systems. Even after 10 years, I will not allow a Windows Server-based system in my enterprise. I just don't trust it. To me, the investment in training my IT folks in Linux (or whatever) is preferable to my still-serious questions about Windows stability. I don't even like it used as a test platform, simply because I know my administrators will wind up spending more time getting it to work properly than testing applications.
The offshot of this potential growth in business markets will lead straight to server markets. I have already persuaded my colleagues to bring in a test OS X Server for a system they had planned on using Windows Server, and they are enjoying it (much to their surprise).
I wonder when Apple will announce the first wave of Intel-based OS X Server systems? Now those will be awesome systems!
This should be great for publicity. But how is it going to effect performance? As we apple users know, "cheaper" doesn't mean better. Will this improve upon the performace of the old processors?