Dooooomed! Okay, I’m Done

Since Monday, when Apple announced it will switch the CPUs in their Macintosh computers from the current PowerPCs to Intel Pentium-type chips, I have wandered the highways and byways of the internet, sharing my view that the move dooms the Macintosh, and explaining why I think so.

Late last night, I suddenly realized I was trying to convince people to join me in my gloomy assessment. And I realized that nothing good would come of that effort.

Only time will tell whether my prediction is correct. It’s entirely possible that I’ll be proven wrong. If so, what am I doing now but annoying people?

Even if time shows I’m right, what good will come of my prediction? Certainly I’m not going to persuade Apple to reverse course.

I also realized that I’ve been blurring together two separate predictions:

  1. That Apple sales will suffer severely, and
  2. That Apple will join Microsoft in extending DRM Everywhere, and taking control out of the hands of the computer owner.

I’m more worried about the second prediction. I surely hope I’m wrong about that. I love my Macintosh. But if Apple switches to a locked-down computing experience, I will go rough it with the Linux hippies in the Land of the Free.

And that’s all I have to say about that.