Comments on: Call me a hopeless romantic. I’ll miss the PowerPC. https://www.jesperjuul.net/ludologist/2005/06/07/call-me-a-hopeless-romantic-ill-miss-the-powerpc/ My name is Jesper Juul, and I am a Ludologist [researcher of the design, meaning, culture, and politics of games]. This is my blog on game research and other important things. Mon, 27 Jun 2005 11:49:46 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Mr Sloane https://www.jesperjuul.net/ludologist/2005/06/07/call-me-a-hopeless-romantic-ill-miss-the-powerpc/comment-page-1/#comment-1892 Mon, 27 Jun 2005 11:49:46 +0000 http://www.jesperjuul.dk/ludologist/?p=187#comment-1892 In theory (but probably not in practice) Apple using Intel processors would allow a Mac to run Windows (without an emulator) and a PC to run Mac OS. This raises the question: would a Mac user prefer Apple-designed hardware with Windows or a beige box running OSX?

For a long time Apple’s USP was its OS, but it has proved easier to imitate than the design aesthetic that began with the iMac. PCs are still bland or ugly. Of course, as computers get smaller (the latest iMac has no base unit) there will be less hardware to design, but that hasn’t stopped the iPod’s look trumping its competitors.

I don’t see Intel chips making any difference to perceptions of Mac cool, but the dual developments route will obviously be a problem for developers in the short term.

]]> By: Darius https://www.jesperjuul.net/ludologist/2005/06/07/call-me-a-hopeless-romantic-ill-miss-the-powerpc/comment-page-1/#comment-1876 Wed, 08 Jun 2005 00:25:16 +0000 http://www.jesperjuul.dk/ludologist/?p=187#comment-1876 Personally I think the “alternative” perception of the Mac has little to do with the PowerPC vs. x86 factor and more to do with the prepackaged hardware, different OS system (I am not a Mac user, but I have to disagree with your WinXP = OSX statement). I think the “alternative” nature of the Mac also has to do a lot with self-sustaining feedback: a lot of cool PEOPLE use Macs. “Brian Eno is a Mac user” is a way more powerful statement to a young musician than “Macs use Processor X”.

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