Interesting Article at PBS ... Intel to buy Apple

[x_Viper_x]

Sony would buy Apple long before Intel would.

Intel would lose all of their PC business.

Technically, the deal is only being announced to developers.

Microsoft will buy Apple long before anyone.

 

[Sun Baked]

Microsoft will buy Apple long before anyone.

Darn, I had my money on Toys R'Us or the Baby Gap.

 

[stcanard]

Why announce the move so far ahead of time, even though it will hurt current sales?

To give people a lot of time to get used to the idea, and to give developers a lot of time to change, so they don't feel like they've been kicked to the curb.

As for the dreaded "osbourne effect", I have it on good authority (you heard it here first!) that Apple has plans to introduce another product line. Something to do with media, almost like a "walkman for the new millenium". They're hoping if they market it right, it will practically dominate the personal music sales, and maybe even provide a revenue buffer if computer sales drop a bit for a year.

Even more than that, I also have it on good authority that they have put a few dollars in the bank that they've been saving for a rainy day.

And why not AMD? I do think that Intel has good reasons to hook up with Apple because of the OS factor. It gives them potential ways of reducing Microsoft's leverage over them. THAT part Cringely didn't just pull out of his ass.

Okay, this is the part that really bugs me, because people are so caught up in the "counterculture, rebel fit" of AMD and Apple that they seem to be missing the really really really really obvious point that:

1. Apple for almost it's entire existence has been plagued by CPU shortage problems.

2. Intel is the only company in the world that can guarantee these problems go away.

I don't know, maybe I'm thinking differently than a lot of people, but I can't see why so many people are missing this incredibly obvious point. Steve Jobs is sick and tired of having to stand up on stage and promise that they will catch up with everyone else "real soon now" (tm).

 

[deryk]

Very interesting indeed. I love chatter!!! Makes the boards so much more entertaining than Powerbook G5 threads.

What!? Powerbook G5 next Tuesday? Should I buy or wait for the X86?

(Sorry off-topic, but I couldn't resist)

 

[briangig]

I dont know what to think anymore...before the whole intel thing happend, just about everyone was saying how apple would never switch over to x86...ever.

Now that the cat is out of the bag, just about everyone is saying how much sense it makes, yadda yadda. So who knows? It could happen...I think it would be cool, see what happens to MS...

 

[mcarnes]

I remember an interview with Steve Jobs a few years ago in which he was asked if a Pixar - Apple merger was in the future. Steve said they are very different companies and it would not work.

I know Apple - Intel might make more sense, but some how I just can't see Steve giving his baby to Intel.

 

[mcarnes]

Okay, this is the part that really bugs me, because people are so caught up in the "counterculture, rebel fit" of AMD and Apple that they seem to be missing the really really really really obvious point that:

1. Apple for almost it's entire existence has been plagued by CPU shortage problems.

2. Intel is the only company in the world that can guarantee these problems go away.

I don't know, maybe I'm thinking differently than a lot of people, but I can't see why so many people are missing this incredibly obvious point. Steve Jobs is sick and tired of having to stand up on stage and promise that they will catch up with everyone else "real soon now" (tm).

Good point. Steve was famous for saying "pirates ship" in the early days of Apple. It must really bug him that some macs have shipping delays because of parts shortages. IBM must have bugged the hell out of him. It's no surprise he would pick Intel for this reason alone.