smackfoo.com | I find your lack of faith disturbing.

Sometimes Dvorak makes sizeable assumptions, other times, well he’s just about as wrong as one can get.

“The idea that Apple would ditch its own OS for Microsoft Windows came to me from Yakov Epstein, a professor of psychology at Rutgers University, who wrote to me convinced that the process had already begun. I was amused, but after mulling over various coincidences, I’m convinced he may be right. This would be the most phenomenal turnabout in the history of desktop computing.” — John C Dvorak

The ridiculous idea that Apple would, after investing millions of US$ into OS X, then spend millions more switching the hardware to Intel, to then switch to Microsoft Windows, has somehow now been considered true, based solely on a theory proposed by Rutgers University psychology professor’s assertion that it has already begun. Dvorak might as well seek guidance from tea-leaves or chicken entrails.

It has become quite clear that Dvorak has lost touch with the real world. Apple’s market share will increase as Intel powered Macs become more common place. The fervour that surrounds OS X on Intel has steadily increased since OS X 10.3.1, with scores of would-be hackers attempting to unlock 10.4.x to run on non-sanctioned hardware.

OS X has a clear roadmap, it’s the potential OS to break Microsoft’s stranglehold (sorry Linux, you’re too busy having developer spats and arguments over whether KDE or GNOME is best to be a real contender) — why the hell would Apple ditch such a massive potential market, to shake hands with the devil?