Comments on: OS X for Intel runs on standard PCs

By: mike

mike — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Further discussion on this subject has been moved to the Mac Intel forum topic.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Apple is a hardware company afterall, and Selling OS X86 for beige boxes would be the end of Apple. Still, in releasing OS X86 to the developers, it had to be a foregone conclusion that Tiger would end up on P2P networks, and I think Apple is having a laugh at M$’s expense over this one. It’s a great way to enter a party wouldn’t you say? It’s an entrance worthy of Kramer.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Exactly ten years back IBM had OS/2 Warp, a major alternative OS to Microsoft’s Windows which anyone could have installed onto their PC. Where’s IBM’s OS/2 and its software business now in 2005?
Where’s IBM’s PC manufacturing business now in 2005?
Has Windows’ dominance changed from it’s position in 1995?

You are short-sighted to think that Apple in 2005 will make the same mistake IBM made with OS/2 in 1995.
OS X is there to sell Apple hardware.
It’s better for a company to have a small slice of the market and to be profitable than to go bankrupt trying to capture all of the market.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

This i would love to see, i agree that apple should not allow OSX to be installed on just any god knows what pc junk. That would dilute the OSX experience.

I would love to see them make a deal with some of the big pc manufacturers. I would love to be able to order a dell with an osx option. I know some of the pc manufacturers are looking at and selling machines with linux as an option. They are fed up with the windows security issues. I think a lot of the manufacturers are now primed for such an offer from apple, that would dramatically increase apples market share while still controling the osx user experience.

Just a thought.