Order of the Butterfly
Posts: 365 from 2003/3/28
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Thing is how customizable will the new Mac be? The big advantage of the Peg is it's customizablity.
Advantage for some people but probably not that many. Once you have Firewire and USB 2 you really don't need much in the way of expandability.
The ability to change the CPU is a big advantage though as it means it can be used with parts from different companies, useful for embedded development.
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No, It's a very serious competitor. It essentially destroys the market for desktop Linux now as other companies will be able to sell the Apple machine with Linux for a much lower price.
I doubt that there'll be companies who'll do that.
Yellow dog already do it.
Perhaps saying it'll destroy the Pegasos desktop linux market is a bit overdramatic but PCs were never directly comparable, a new Mac will be and as such rather more difficult to go against.
People who just want a PPC machine to play around with for Linux will be a lot more likely to go for the Mac simply on price grounds.
It's beginning to look like the new Mac will be a complete consumer / SOHO "solution", that is it'll come with all the software you need out of the box including consumer apps and office suite.
I doubt it'll have very good support though or be targetted at server type apps, this is an area where the Peg could be targetted.
Ultimately Genesi need a new machine, Peg II is a year old now. BBRV know whats coming, Cell will turn the PC market upside down and in doing so present big opportunities for thouse who get into the right areas first, but they'll need to be quick because there's a lot of other companies with greater resources who'll jump in.
