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Sculley: Apple Should Have Picked Intel
'Had Apple switched to the Intel platform, the company would have had more options, [Sculley] said. For one thing, not embracing the endless commoditization of Intel-architecture chips meant Apple couldn't compete on price against "the Dells of the world," he said. The die was cast. Apple took another path and ended up a different kind of company, Sculley said.
A smaller one, perhaps, as even its fans acknowledge.'
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Motorola Will Spin Off Its Money-Losing Semiconductor Business
"Motorola's luster in semiconductors has been fading since the 1980's. Its PowerPC design, developed with I.B.M., fared well in industrial applications but failed to live up to a goal of competing with Intel in the personal computer market."
The timing would be perfect now for Steve Jobs to release OS X on Intel boxen. People are ripe for an alternative to Windows.
'Had Apple switched to the Intel platform, the company would have had more options, [Sculley] said. For one thing, not embracing the endless commoditization of Intel-architecture chips meant Apple couldn't compete on price against "the Dells of the world," he said. The die was cast. Apple took another path and ended up a different kind of company, Sculley said.
A smaller one, perhaps, as even its fans acknowledge.'
Also:
Motorola Will Spin Off Its Money-Losing Semiconductor Business
"Motorola's luster in semiconductors has been fading since the 1980's. Its PowerPC design, developed with I.B.M., fared well in industrial applications but failed to live up to a goal of competing with Intel in the personal computer market."
The timing would be perfect now for Steve Jobs to release OS X on Intel boxen. People are ripe for an alternative to Windows.