RE: [MLUG] Mac moving to Intel

["McNutt, Justin M." <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

> Why wouldnt it happen? 
> 
> I dont think it would hurt M$ as much as it would the Linux Market. 
> If your Choice was between XP, OSX and Linux... in very few cases
> would someone pick linux.

If the Mac is going to be on Intel and thus, cheaper, people are going to move to the Mac because they are tired of Windows' security problems.  People who use Linux don't need anything MacOS can offer, since they have it already and are already on x86 arch systems (probably).

We're seeing a lot of Macs sold in IATS because of spyware and security problems on Windows.  If you can surf the Web, d/l MP3s, and use MS Office on a Mac, why would you want all of the Windows BS?  People want to USE their computers, not maintain them.  Most users truly don't give two shits about the brand or the OS.  "Does it work?" - thank goodness - is becoming the main point again.  And the Mac is prettier and easier to use than either Windows or Linux from a desktop user's point of view.

So MacOS X on Intel might hurt *growth* of Linux on the desktop, but that's not where Linux' strength is anyway.  Linux is strong in the server market, where Windows is unwieldy, insecure, messy stuff, Solaris is just as bad, and both are far more expensive than Suse, Mandrake, FC3...

--J

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