Don't count on it. The PowerPC was always an open platform architecture. When it was introduced, MS even distrubuted a version of Windows to developers that ran on it. Intel apparently made threats and MS pulled it.
It used to be a special ROM on Mac motherboards that was part of the boot process of the OS. With the transition to OS X, they no longer use that method, but they do still have a programmable firmware on the motherboard that sets it to run the OS. My guess is that is what will need to be present on the Intel boards that can run OS X. BTW, for those that didn't follow the announcement, Jobs did demo OS X running on Intel hardware. He also said that OS X was developed for both PPC and x86 behind closed doors from the beginning. (No surprise considering NeXT history.) -Kevin On 6/6/05, Nick McClure <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In my opinion this is the only they can actually compete with MS on a major > level. > > If I no longer have to pick my computer based on hardware and software, and > can buy whatever Hardware I want, then Apple becomes a more reasonable > option for me. > > I'm still not a fan of the GUI, but it does become a more viable option. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Gruss Gott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Monday, June 06, 2005 2:05 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Is Apple Hardware Or Software? (Was: Re: Anyone in San > > Francisco???) > > > > > Jeff wrote: > > > How can you be an elite hardware platform if you are using commodity > > > > I've always thought the strategy seemed to be the software - but > > package it in a slick funky package. The thing with Apple products is > > that you can only get the Apple Experience (software) if you buy their > > platform. > > > > I would see step one of this idea as the UNIX grab: put a slick GUI on > > top of a cheap OS. Switching to Intel would be the next: put the > > cheap OS with a slick GUI onto cheap hardware. > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:159684 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
