http://www.informationweek.com/hardware/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=177100344
My problem with it is in the opening paragraph:
Now that Apple Computer has started using Intel chips, is it time for businesses to replace their Windows PCs with computers from the company that introduced personal computing to the world?
Probably not.
Especially since 10.4, Mac OS X is a business platform. Xcode, Interface Builder, Core Data, Quartz, and the whack of other technologies that go to make up Mac OS X make it a very compelling business machine. Rock solid, functional, easy applications can be developed on Mac OS X in a fraction of the time an equivalent package can be developed on Windows. Any business that needs any degree of custom software development should consider the cost savings from basing that development on Mac OS X. The question should be "Will business finally wake up to an OS that can reduce costs and make them more competitive?" The answer is the same: "Probably Not". The reasons for my pessimism are: 1) business is so addicted to Windows that they won't recognize anything else, 2) business really doesn't remember how it came to pass that Windows has dominated the market.
The other bone of contention is the statement that software developers must rewrite applications before they can run on the Intel-based machines. With Rosetta, most software will run on the new machines without recompiling. Also, most applications will require minimal recoding to run natively on the Intel-based machines.
