The full article gives various viewpoints, including one we agree with: Mac sales will may slow in the short term, but Apple’s core Mac business will be better in the long term. It’s the OS, stupid (and the Apple Mac-only applications). Mac users aren’t going to choose Microsoft Windows based on Apple’s processor choice. Windows-only users, however, would miss the joke. ![]() MacDailyNews Take: Clearly, Mac users find that latter option hilarious. Although Apple offered valid reasons for the switch, it could lead customers to delay computer purchases or choose rival systems based on Microsoft’s Windows operating system.” ![]() Wolverton writes, “While Apple has seen an uptick in Macintosh sales in recent quarters, that momentum may be slowed by the recent announcement that it is switching the processor at the heart of its computers from the PowerPC line produced by IBM and Freescale Semiconductor to chips made by Intel. “The bull case for Apple over the past year has been that booming sales of iPod music players will create a ‘halo effect’ that will lead to higher demand for the company’s Macintosh computers,” Troy Wolverton writes for.
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