Deep down, in the depths of my soul, I’m a luddite. I didn’t like PowerPC when Apple first unleashed that on the world. I was cold about the shift from NuBus. OS X seemed to be a disaster. On all these counts, I was wrong. Apple knew what it was doing, although I’m still not convinced by the switch to Intel.
This time though, I’m certain that an own goal has been scored. Boot Camp, the technology that allows Mac’s to boot Windows, has to be a bad idea.
If a Windows user buys a Mac and then uses it to run Windows, why should they ever learn to use and love the Mac? If a Mac can run Windows Photoshop, why should Adobe bother to develop an Intel native version of Mac Photoshop? Why should any developer
develop for Intel Mac? Finally, Apple is a hardware company that just happens to write an operating system. If fewer people are using its OS, why should bother to spend all that money on continuing development?
I’ve been proved wrong in the past. I’m not visionary enough to see the wisdom of Apple’s manoeverings. But I wish they’d stop scaring me and right now I’ve got a sense of impending doom about this.