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Loyalty like that... you mean Linux?  Yeah, that was a project originally done for
the x86 platform...
Hmm... Maybe AfterStep...
Games...  Maybe the countless DOOM clones floating about?
Pinball, board games...
And most of these things run on my FREE 486-66 PS/2, using the obsolete (yet superior
to ISA) Microchannel bus...  Which I got 12 Ethernet cards for just last week (I
actually have quite a few PS/2's) for free.  And they're 3Com components.
So yeah, we've got loyalty.
As for cheap hardware in a few years... how about cheap hardware now?  My P133 laptop
with a 33.6 modem, 1.4 GB hard drive... 10x CD-ROM... only $500 bucks, and it was
manufactured just a year ago, retailing for over $3000.
Remember, the PC will live on because there ISN'T a real company behind it.
Countless companies make the cases, power supplies, hard drives, RAM, adapters,
monitors, and so on.  AMD, Cyrix/IBM, IDT, and Intel make CPU's, and the
architecture, while a bit slow, is more open than what Jobs is offering.
Also, NES didn't die, it got replaced because 8-bit consoles were a bit less than
satisfactory.
As for other failed products... do you know who buys Newton keyboards?  Pilot users,
because they can be interfaced.

CK

Richard Piotter wrote:

> Yeah, Mel, but you do realize, that the Mac can live on, even if the company
> dies! Look at commodore. They died miserably, but many people still have
> commodore's set up and still use them (I do). What about the NES? It's been
> dead for so long, but popularity has kept it a strong game platform still to
> today! It's the same with the Mac. Even is the company dies, all us REAL Mac
> users will be able to get pretty much any mac program for free (no one will
> care anymore but us) and we can get hardware for cheap, cause it'll be things
> comanies and schools will pretty much throw out! There will always be
> hobbyists who create games and freware/shareware for the MAc for many years to
> come, and it'll realy sort out th ereal computer users from the generic PC users.
>
> Do you seriously expect loyalty like that on a PC.
>
> For me, if Apple went under, it would just mean that I could get a Powerbook
> G3 for a couple hundred in a matter of a year or so! (:
>
> I could probably get the Code Warrior development tool for clearance for a few
> bucks, and load iup on the Mac only peripherals for mega low clearance prices.
> I would easily borrow cash to buy out one of each item in the entire clearance
> of mac mall if Apple went under.
>
> Still, If Apple went under, they might even make a few last strugling attempts
> to save the Macintosh platform by allowing clone developeers to come back with
> the ROM. It would break down in a short time, but I believe it's possible.
>
> To tell you the truth, microsoft would probably buy the ROM and use it as a
> basis for their next OS and create a BIOS or something with it to realy
> capture the Mac on the PC platform. SUre you'd lose the power, but If
> microsoft had it, they might actualy be ablre to make windows half way usable! (:
>
> There realy are a million different senarios, but I can also preach of the day
> M$ crashes, and I'm not talking what my PC does 2x a day when i turn it on and
> try to make windows load! (:
> --
>
> Richard Piotter
> richfile@prairie.lakes.com
>
> The Richfiles TI Hardware and BASIC web page:
> http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Lakes/5081/Richfiles.html
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