I agree here that the price of a PC and Mac need to be comparable.
And I think the Mac G3 at $2K is very similar compared to a "$1K"
Wintel (plus memory, plus monitor, plus...).
Perhaps the multi-vendor made CPUs would help Apple have higher
margins and lower prices also.
I think the real problem is lack of standards, lack of software
(at the same time). If the computer industry could agree, as
has been done for years in the Unix world. This would make it
easier for Adobe, Alias|WaveFront, Claris, etc. To write one
application and not require EXTENSIVE porting to get it to work
on each other computer.
Standards like:
C/C++ - The standard version
GUI - X11, Motif, OpenGL, or a new standard
System calls - Low/medium level library to call
so developers would not need to rewrite the
codes so it could be on EACH platform.
Basically if you write a code on a $1k Intel with Linux (GUI
and all) it will run on any Unix machine, from $1,000 to highend
Crays. That is portability, and this is what I see as needed
from Mac, MicroSoft and the Unix world. (that is a OPEN
standard for all applications interfaces... API from calls to a GUI).
(GUI = Graphical User Interface).
Mark |
