XFce - Please read this whole post.
XFce said:
Thanks for the replies,
I hate Microsoft, and Dell computers with a bloody passion that is the reason why I decided to make the switch. Ive heard a lot of good things about Macs but until recently I had no idea that Apple switched from IBM to Intel. In a way I think Apple is kissing up to MS as well as windows users by making programs like Rosetta that slow down system performance just so PC users can use all of their favorite MS programs. If people want to use M$ word, Adobe, and so on they should stay with Microsoft.
However I do believe that Apple made a wise business decision, switching to Intel chips because every day people learn the truth about MS, all their bugs, worms, and defects. Adding Rosetta with I Mac core duos is a good way to get more PC users to switch from Pcs to Macs. I'll be happy as long as Apple dose not copy cat MS and make me feel like I'm using window apps, MS word, Adobe, Firefox, I want to be a Macker 100 percent. Just thinking about Microsoft windows makes my blood boil. I can't even stand looking a the Intel Logo because Intel reminds me of Microsoft.
I think you're a bit confused. Apple doesn't use Rosetta so that people can run PC applications. Rosetta is an emulation layer that allows programs compiled for the PowerPC processor to run on Intel processors. It can't run Windows applications.
It is an interim solution until all the developers have compiled their apps as universal binaries. Universal means they can run on PPC and Intel processors, not that they can run on Mac and Windows. Apple did not buy/purchase Rosetta's technology to get switchers from Windows, it did it so that we can still run all the applications we need.
Adobe and the Mac have a strong history together, as do Microsoft. All of Adobe's apps were originally written for the Mac. Currently however, Adobe's applications are compiled on the Mac only for the PowerPC processor so Rosetta is needed to translate the code and allow it to run. Adobe are not the enemy, their programs are superb and powerful they just need to hurry up and release an Intel native version of the program.
Same with Microsoft. Office:mac is arguably a better version of office than they make for Windows. I use it and it is a great, albeit bloated, software package. Office:mac is compiled only for the PowerPC processor and as such requires Rosetta translation to run on Intel-powered Macs.
Rosetta is a good thing but it won't hang around forever. It allows people to still run the programs they need (by Adobe, Microsoft, what have you got against FireFox?) on their new computers so as they don't lose too much productivity whilst the developers port their software to a Universal Binary able to run on PPC and Intel powered Macs.
You really should check out what Rosetta actually is. It does not allow you to run Windows apps, it allows you to run Mac apps on a different processor. The speed hit occurs because Rosetta needs to translate the instructions received by the program from PowerPC language to one compatible with Intel processors.
The Intel switch was not designed to kiss-up to MS, MS and Intel are not one and the same, they are separate companies. The only reason most people think of them together is because waaay back when, Apple chose the Motorola 68k chip and MS chose the 8088 chip from Intel to compile their operating systems on. Intel have been trying to woo Apple from the very beginning.
It's a good move, designed to give Mac users the boost in power and to ensure good supply levels that were sorely lacking when they were getting their chips from Moto/IBM. Those guys make billions in big-iron server chips and embedded processors, Apple were their only PC customer and compared with their main business, well, "small fish" is a massive understatement when applied to Apple's position as a consumer of PPC chips.
I think you need to sit down and have a bit of a breather, there's some mis-guided fanaticism creeping into your post and being a Mac zealot is something not really becoming of a mature Mac user. Adobe and MS help keep the Mac platform afloat. Without the presence of Office (which was originally a Mac app - well at least Excel was) the Mac would most likely have died back in the early 90's. Without Adobe's software (also ported to Windows from the Mac) the same fate would most likely have occurred. And as for FireFox? It's a great browser, as is Camino.
Sorry about the long post but somebody really needed to correct your somewhat mis-guided statements.
