Apple/Intel Reactions
June 9, 2005 12:07 AM
One of my friends, Steve, a regular die-hard Mac user, told me he will never buy a Intel-based Mac.
Why? He dislikes Intel that much?
Nope, he says his next machine will be a Dell.
Steve said he's lost faith in Apple. He said the 10.4 Tiger release of OS/X has been the worst Apple experience for him since the buggy days of MacOS 9. After repeated crashes, reboots, and terrible networking compatibility issues, he was finally forced to downgrade to 10.3 just to have a stable operating system on his 17" Powerbook again.
He doesn't blog, so I have nothing to link to. He said he's not alone with this experience, but it's not something I've read before. I know there's a few Mac users reading this site. What's your feeling?
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Posted July 9, 2005 11:37 AM
Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger has been, for me, no more or less stable than previous releases of Mac OS X -- which is to say, pretty damn stable. Your friend may still want to switch to a Dell, but unless he's been used to running Windows for awhile, he'll have to adjust to keeping a pretty tight personal lid on his machine's security. Most long-time Mac users aren't accustomed to all the anti-virus stuff (etc.) necessary on Windows. But I'm sure he'll adapt.
That said, I don't see what Apple's move to Intel has to do with any of it. :)