I forgot to mention that he also falls for the notion that Apple could have switched to Cell, which is pure fanwank that's been going around on Mac site forums. Cell isn't intended or designed for desktop computer use and is not yet a shipping product line anyway. He talks about the server market being distinct from desktops, but doesn't seem to understand that game consoles and embedded applications have different requirements from PCs.
It occurs to me that this whole essay was probably inspired by another question that's been going around, one that seems profound but turns out to be close to trivial when you think about it: "Why is Apple switching to Intel now when Microsoft is switching to PowerPC for the XBox?" The answer is pretty simple: game consoles and PCs are not the same, and different companies are specializing in different applications. Only if you think of it as the Eternal War of Good and Evil, with Apple and the PPC makers on one side and Intel/Microsoft/Dell on the other, does it seem paradoxical, as if the Good Guys are giving up the fight with their enemies divided and victory in hand. But this is childish.
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Date: 2005-06-10 06:40 am (UTC)It occurs to me that this whole essay was probably inspired by another question that's been going around, one that seems profound but turns out to be close to trivial when you think about it: "Why is Apple switching to Intel now when Microsoft is switching to PowerPC for the XBox?" The answer is pretty simple: game consoles and PCs are not the same, and different companies are specializing in different applications. Only if you think of it as the Eternal War of Good and Evil, with Apple and the PPC makers on one side and Intel/Microsoft/Dell on the other, does it seem paradoxical, as if the Good Guys are giving up the fight with their enemies divided and victory in hand. But this is childish.