Dvorak's piece

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beakeebeakee
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in General Discussion edited January 2014
Thought you'd like to see this. I like to read his stuff, he has no fear!! He has some good insight into what could happen regarding market share, etc.



ENJOY!



http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1824704,00.asp PC mag article

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  • Reply 1 of 12
    onyx-pbonyx-pb Posts: 26member
    Apple jumping into bed with Intel I can cope with but John C. Dvorak writing an article that I mostly agree with is just too much.
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  • Reply 2 of 12
    placeboplacebo Posts: 5,767member
    That was actually a very good article.
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  • Reply 3 of 12
    onyx-pbonyx-pb Posts: 26member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Placebo

    That was actually a very good article.



    I agree, an excellent article, I finally agree with something he says.



    But the world is changing too fast for me

    eg

    pre-monday: Intel = bad

    post-monday: Intel = good



    yesterday: dvorak = anti-mac idiot

    today: dvorak = respected IT commentator



    I hope this trend in polarity changes ends here, I disliked Microsoft yesterday and I want to continue disliking them tomorrow.



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  • Reply 4 of 12
    beakeebeakee Posts: 64member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by onyx-pb

    I agree, an excellent article, I finally agree with something he says.



    But the world is changing too fast for me

    eg

    pre-monday: Intel = bad

    post-monday: Intel = good



    yesterday: dvorak = anti-mac idiot

    today: dvorak = respected IT commentator



    I hope this trend in polarity changes ends here, I disliked Microsoft yesterday and I want to continue disliking them tomorrow.







    Very nice! You are totally accurate ...I mean this insanity does need to stop.
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  • Reply 5 of 12
    placeboplacebo Posts: 5,767member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by onyx-pb

    I agree, an excellent article, I finally agree with something he says.



    But the world is changing too fast for me

    eg

    pre-monday: Intel = bad

    post-monday: Intel = good



    yesterday: dvorak = anti-mac idiot

    today: dvorak = respected IT commentator



    I hope this trend in polarity changes ends here, I disliked Microsoft yesterday and I want to continue disliking them tomorrow.







    But you'll notice that I had been making generally dissenting comments on Apple's current processors for a while now, and many other people who wouldn't admit it before Monday now feel good about it since Apple's going in the right direction.



    But that's also an atypically intelligent Dvorak article.
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  • Reply 6 of 12
    auroraaurora Posts: 1,142member
    He predicted Apple going to Intel a year or two ago and i thought he was nuts. He was right and I wasnt, whats new.
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  • Reply 7 of 12
    danmacmandanmacman Posts: 773member
    If you are interested in Dvorak's take, you should download Episode 8 of 'This Week in Tech' podcast. John C. and Leo LaPorte had a good conversation about the switch. It was recorded the day before the Stevenote. Leo has since put up a followup Episode, 8a, as a reactionary piece.



    As a side note, if you were at all a fan of ZDTV/TechTV and The Screen Savers, I suggest you listen to the TWiT podcast. Great stuff.
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  • Reply 8 of 12
    powerdocpowerdoc Posts: 8,123member
    I must admit, I was totally wrong about the intelligence of an Intel switch. I am totally convinced, that Apple will suceed this switch, and will win some additional % of the marketshare.
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  • Reply 9 of 12
    buonrottobuonrotto Posts: 6,368member
    Name not sexy enough? How 'bout IntelInsideHer?



    Quote:

    QUOTE]Originally posted by onyx-pb



    ...yesterday: dvorak = anti-mac idiot

    today: dvorak = respected IT commentator



    Hey, let's not say things we can't take back!
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  • Reply 10 of 12
    dfilerdfiler Posts: 3,420member
    I should go dig up the quotes that someone was nice enough to gather over in that other forum. (cough)



    Dvorak has been making relatively unfounded suggestions and predictions throughout his career. I'd give him a break except for his assininely smug tone used in his recent "i told you so" article.



    He was right this time, but only by chance. Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.
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  • Reply 11 of 12
    powerdocpowerdoc Posts: 8,123member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by dfiler

    I should go dig up the quotes that someone was nice enough to gather over in that other forum. (cough)



    Dvorak has been making relatively unfounded suggestions and predictions throughout his career. I'd give him a break except for his assininely smug tone used in his recent "i told you so" article.



    He was right this time, but only by chance. Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.



    He was right for the wrong reasons.

    Probabily his hate, for anything related to Apple, let him told this.
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  • Reply 12 of 12
    dfilerdfiler Posts: 3,420member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by dfiler

    I should go dig up the quotes that someone was nice enough to gather over in that other forum. (cough)



    Taken from a Slashdot post:

    [http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid...1&cid=12739513]



    Here's some crow for Dvorak, and is what first came up from a quick google search on his predictions for Apple:



    Note the date: 03.18.03:

    "Apple Computer Corp. will switch to Intel processors within the next 12 to 18 mo nths."



    Oops. Nope, he's wrong here; off by a few years.



    "Apple will announce its Intel initiative by showing a transition machine that us es both the Intel and Motorola processors."



    No, wrong again. None of this dual-core nonsense; it's all or nothing.



    "Apple will announce its use of the Itanium chip,"



    This is funny. Even back in 2003 it was clear that the Itanium was a dog, doomed to fail.



    "Waiting until 2004 is too risky,"



    ...



    And my personal favorite:



    ?The Macintosh uses an experimental pointing device called a ?mouse.? There is no evidence that people want to use these things.? (John C. Dvorak, SF Examiner, Feb. 1984.)
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