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Re: What they might be thinking in Cupertino

b1te — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:34:38 -0000

Hi Jof,

Nice post - I agree with 2/3 :) , I disagree that Snow Leopard will be Apple's Vista.

The problem with Vista was the MS tried to convert their entire stack to .NET, and implement big new features and changes. When it became apparent that .NET wasnt going to do the job they had to scramble to re-implement everything, leading to the mess they are left with today.

Snow Leopard, on the other hand, is very much billed as an upgrade, with few new features. I think for this reason it will be a disappointment to many people, but it will still achieve its goal inside Cupertino i.e. conversion of a large part of the OS/X stack.

Lets see!

Matt

Re: What they might be thinking in Cupertino

Jof Arnold — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 16:17:28 -0000

In reality I doubt Apple's going to drop the ball (I'd buy Apple stock if I had the money) but there's incredible opportunity for disaster.

Re hardware, I deleted a section about their Nvidia partnership so I could get it released but it's asking for trouble. The idea of single-sourcing the components of a flagship (or perhaps formerly flagship) product is suicide - especially to a company known to be secretive about serious quality issues. I just don't get it.

Re: What they might be thinking in Cupertino

rjchudson — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 16:09:01 -0000

Interesting view. Is there still not some weight behind the "Apple control the hardware" argument, although I guess that this is becoming less so than it once was (as you aluded to with your talk of 32bit and 64bit coverage).