Will Apple adopt Windows?
February 22nd, 2006 by Scott Janousek
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Loading ...There is a really interesting article in the March issue of PC Magazine, entitled: “Will Apple adopt Windows?” … written by John Dvorak.
The idea is that of Yakov Epstein, a professor at Rutgers (who? Yeah mean neither) …
Now, I’m not claiming to agree or even remotely think it’s a good idea … but after reading the article, I am more apt to believe that one day Steve Jobs will get up on stage and give a speal on how Windows is good for Apple … sounds far fetched I know, but the article has some compelling signs as of late … here are 4 signs pointed in the article:
- apple switch campaign is over (little or no one “switched”), or if they did, they swapped back
- the ipod lost its firewire connector (PC World is the target audience now)
- ipod was an attempt to get people to move to Mac, most use ipod’s with a PC
- Apple switched to Intel
There are other subtle signs in the article … but again none of this is cold hard truth, merely speculation … but if you think about it, Apple is like 2% of the market … why wouldn’t Apple go Windows at some point?
Don’t get me wrong, I love Apple and I love OSX … I just think this is a remote possiblity … given the business side of things.
Oh, boy here come the nasty hate mails. 
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February 22nd, 2006 at 3:14 pm
it’s okay - dvorak is an idiot.
February 22nd, 2006 at 4:51 pm
Well we might get an Windows OS upgrade faster if they did.
Apple seems to get them out pretty fast.
February 22nd, 2006 at 5:58 pm
February 22nd, 2006 at 7:08 pm
Sure they may adopt windows, as soon as Steve Jobs leaves Apple.
I remember seeing some nextstep stuff backstage at Macworld in ‘97 right after he got back at apple. It ran on a PC, in fact Steve had a PC laptop with him (hidden in the podium). But it all ran his OS. I think it’s all about the user experience for him, and you could argue windows is still behinf apple on this.
February 22nd, 2006 at 11:33 pm
Good commentary Rob.
Imagine if there were a backdoor into mind of Steve Jobs, on a floor halfway between floors … imagine you were able to BE Steve Jobs until you were spat out next to the interstate freeeway …
malchovich, malchovich, malchovich … steve jobs, steve jobs, steve jobs!
August 23rd, 2006 at 4:33 pm
We’ve published a very similar article to this, but one that uses actual quotes from Steve Jobs as well as Apple’s own business actions to paint the same kind of picture.
http://themacsucks.com/serendipity/archives/50-The-Secret-Plan-of-Steve-Jobs.html