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Is a Run at Microsoft Behind Apple's Switch to Intel Chips?

by Alex Russel

Is Steve Jobs finally preparing for the great revenge against his arch rival Bill Gates. Silicon Valley pundits are starting to think that the Apple CEO is preparing to take on Microsoft and its Windows program once and for all.

Last month, Steve Jobs announced that starting immediately, Apple computers would start running on Intel chips, the same microchips that power PC based computers that Microsoft and its Windows operating system overwhelmingly dominate.

Apple OS Programs Never a Threat to Microsoft

Apple's OS software program was never a threat to Microsoft because it ran on different chips entirely. In order to run OS X, for example, you had no choice than to buy an Apple computer.

That changes – though, for now, Apple denies it. Apple says that they will specifically design their operating programs to never run on computers other than Apples'. But in the Intel world, any restriction is really just a challenge and it's only a question of time before someone figures out how to get Apple programs, like OS X, running on a Dell or a Compaq, historically Windows running computers.

Hackers Running Apple on PC's

In fact, according to Silliconvalley.com, there are already unconfirmed blog reports of hackers succeeding to doing so.

Here is where the revenge theory comes in. According to John Dvorak, a columnist at PCMag.com, Apple's Intel switch is just a Trojan horse. Dvorak argues that Steve Jobs fully intends to have the world at large hack into Apple operating systems and have them run on PC computers.

Apple Takes on Microsoft

For a while, Apple will deny this and decry the pirating, but after the masses keep on insisting to do it, Apple will "give in" to public pressure and offer Apple operating programs to the PC computer markets, in direct competition with Windows (and its new version, Windows Vista.) I had no choice, Steve Jobs will tell Bill Gates.

Microsoft Jobs at Apple One Day?

The theory may seem a little conspiratorial, but the operating system world has been full of skulls and daggers since it began. Back in the early eighties, Bill Gates was a outside consultant for Apple when Steve Jobs and his partners were designing the Macintosh. Not long after, Gates released DOS and Windows, close cousins of the Macintosh programs, but designed to run on IBM PC's. Macintosh was quickly buried by Windows and Microsoft never looked back.

About the Author

Alex Russel is a freelance writer living in Brooklyn, NY. Since graduating from Syracuse University he has worked at many different media companies in fields as diverse as film, TV, advertising, and journalism. He holds a dual bachelor's degree in English and History.

Sources

Pcmag.com


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