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Saturday, July 03, 2004

The mighty Mac

Tom Yager: "Apple is positioning the Mac client platform -- primarily OS X running on PowerBooks -- as a one-stop productivity and connectivity environment ... Apple and Microsoft are pushing Mac-client technology ahead at a fast clip. Microsoft recently released Office 2004 with capabilities I prefer to its Windows counterpart because the Mac hosts it so well, and because the engineers in Microsoft’s Mac business set a higher standard than making a clone of Office for Windows. The Virtual PC 7 x86 emulator isn’t yet released, but the new version’s compatibility with the Power Mac G5 will make it more useful for those times when you absolutely must use a PC ... I consider Apple’s client technology story to be the strongest. I’m not mourning the death of AMD64, Bluetooth, or rewritable optical media. Of course, Apple could still screw this up. It can goose megahertz to the detriment of unique Mac advantages such as battery life, and low heat and noise levels. Or it could mess up by allowing the quality of its overseas manufacturing slide by offering anything less than stellar repair and support, or by failing to keep its essential ties to the open source community strong. I’ll grant that there is more to success than technology. But mark my words: OS X will trounce Linux on the desktop (notebooks are a given) and give Microsoft a fast-moving target for Longhorn."

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