April 6, 2006 00:59 | MacStuff

No joke

So when 5 days after April fools and it's own 30th anniversary, Apple announces it will allow Windows XP to run on it's new Intel based machines, I thought "yeah right! best April Fools' joke evar!"

But when you consider that this announcement not only upped Apple's stock by ten points (so far) but also pushed the NASDAQ and S&P 500 indexes to 5 year highs... well... that gets serious.

Steve Jobs has been saying for years "Apple is a hardware company." Betting that allowing Windows users to buy a Mac, run Windows XP on it and once in a while switch over to try out Mac, in the hopes that they'll switch definitely... is seriously ballsy. But just might work in a lot of cases.

Cause, you know, Mac OS is just so so so much better... ;)

(And if it doesn't work, Apple can keep selling it's hardware, running Windows XP or Linux or BSD... and I can leave all this insanity behind and open a fish stand on an island in Micronesia.)

Comments
Thu, Apr 6, 2006, @ 17:40
1- Julien Smith

I'd prefer Linux and OS X, but I don't think that works again yet with the Intel machines. Always wanted a dual-booting Powerbook with Yellow Dog.


Thu, Apr 6, 2006, @ 20:18
2- myke

i'll join you on micronesia in the fish stand business ... i'll bring along my dual boot laptop running ubuntu linux as my primary os ... i rarely have to boot up 'ole xp.


Thu, Apr 6, 2006, @ 22:41
3- Michel D.

*à la Ron Popeil* ;-)

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Fri, Apr 7, 2006, @ 3:25
4- karl

Micronesia… boring. ;)
What about Shibougamau? :p


Fri, Apr 7, 2006, @ 3:36
5- Boris Anthony

Too cold.
Boring is the point. I did say "leave all this insanity behind", didn't I?

Besides, are you not transposing your preferences, wants and desires on me by saying that ("boring") ?

;)

hehehe


Mon, Apr 10, 2006, @ 5:09
6- Robin

We'd been hearing for months (or weeks, depending on who you talked to) how Apple was pouring efforts into Wine. This news really shouldn't have come as a surprise.

I'm sticking to sarge either way, Macs are still too expensive, and well, someone actually gave me this intel (euh, it's all intel now, can't call it wintel, what am I goign to do! lintel ?) laptop - can't get it cheaper then that :)


Mon, Apr 10, 2006, @ 5:20
7- Boris Anthony

Knowing when the wind will reach you is a question of reading the movement of the trees and the waves. If you're not looking in the right places, or know how, everything is a surprise.

My previous PowerBook was given to me too. Can't get any cheaper than that, agreed. Then I sold it and used the money from that to lower the cost of my new one. (do Lintel notebooks have good resale value? Hmmm... I wonder...) ;)


Thu, Apr 13, 2006, @ 21:15
8- Eve

"Knowing when the wind will reach you is a question of reading the movement of the trees and the waves. If you're not looking in the right places, or know how, everything is a surprise."

I like that. Well said.