Apple as a computer company is basically finished now that the Macintosh will derive most of its architecture from a PC. OS X is heavily based on NetBSD and is easily ported to a variety of other systems. Because of this, the Macintosh will basically lose its uniqueness and will be no different to a regular PC clone box. Might as well chuck in the towel Mr Jobs - you had your chance YEARS AGO to THINK DIFFERENT. But you BLEW IT. You could have properly licensed the Macintosh OS & hardware, but no - you wanted to keep everything tight-lipped. Your company doesn’t “Think Different” - more like “Think The Same”. Selling crappy iPods and other iTunes junk won’t save you anymore. Might as well face the fact that Apple products are dreadfully slow and unsupported compared with any high-end PC (P4 or Athlon 64). Your Powerbook line has been crippled with too many anaemic G4’s which overheat and underperform. Your G5’s also run like volcano’s and top out at dismal clock speeds. None of your ideas have been innovative and very few businesses have adopted your proprietary products because they don’t want to be padlocked to Apple for third-party product support. Of course, having a less than 3% installed base certainly doesn’t help matters. I really don’t see how a knucklehead CEO like you who boasted a “$1 year” salary now spoils himself with a billion-dollar plus stock option and a generous salary - all the while, his beloved sinking ship Apple starts to fade into obscurity. Which it will, sadly. I hope your shareholders are proud! Coloured iPods ? Puuhhlleeaze! Talk about re-arranging deck-chairs on the Titanic. LOL! Maybe you should pull out like your mate Woz did. At least he had the commonsense not to be greedy and instead focused on what’s truly important in life. Sorry for the anti-Apple rant. I’m just pissed off with the sheer incompetence of this company and its constant footshooting. :r
