One advantage apple has over MS and keep in mind this is a HUGE advantage is tight integration with hardware. As soon as they open it up they will lose major stability. Now imagine you buy your apple software and its thrown onto to some crappy hardware and it starts having problems just like any OS would you really think osx is that cool? The things that make apple cool in these days is runs *nix, tight integration with hardware means its super stable, looks cool, and just works (hardware related again).
I do like the options of throwing it on a super setup but I think that should be something offered by apple. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 02, 2006 6:51 AM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: RE: [H] iMac arrived today... I personally think it will come sooner then most expect. Apple are pretty silly (IMO) to not sell the OS for all PC users as they are letting everyone know that their new Macs are just PCs....look we have Intel CPUs and you can load Windows XP....but its still a Mac... Other then the Apple badge and OSX, there is nothing to differentiate an Apple from a generic PC now and IMO, that can and will undermine the whole Apple idea. Also, with more and more ppl looking at Hackintoshes and with EFI motherboards due for release, they may find that its better to sell the OS, rather then have lots of ppl pirating it and running it on non-Apple hardware. Regards, Jason Tozer Database Analyst London Ext 1131 - 3SC.5 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Anthony Q. Martin Sent: 02 October 2006 14:46 To: The Hardware List Subject: Re: [H] iMac arrived today... I'm confused.....if OS/X runs on the same hardware as what you call PCs why haven't they already captured this slice? Oh, you mean they should just sell the OS standlone on the shelf or licence it to vendors to sell with PCs. But then there would be no "APPLE". I think that's decidedly anti-APPLE thinking. :) No point in being frustrated and don't expect changes until Jobs dies. :) Chris Reeves wrote: :: I'll tell you this, the more time I spend with Vista, the more :: convinced I am that Apple is wrong. Not because Vista is great, but :: because if Apple would get off it's high horse and decide to be a :: software maker, it could sell immense volumes of OS/X for the PC :: market, and be an instant competitor. :: :: Apple's closed system is what f*(& them, not Microsoft. I've played :: with OS/X 86 (legitimate, through a legitimate local developer) and :: the thing runs on virtually anything as long as I put the PCI card :: from them in. I've seen it run on AMD, old Dells, whatever. The :: thing works and runs smooth on most hardware, because at it's heart, :: it's linux type core still handles it. :: :: Which is what kills me about apple. They could have a significant :: slice of the overall PC market if they wanted it. Yes, I know they :: do well (6% of total market, which is not bad) but if OS/X were to :: be an option for any PC owner, they could capture a big slice of it :: as they'd have a lot more adopters of their product. :: :: CW :: ::: -----Original Message----- ::: From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:hardware- ::: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bryan Seitz ::: Sent: Sunday, October 01, 2006 12:50 PM ::: To: The Hardware List ::: Subject: Re: [H] iMac arrived today... ::: ::: On Sun, Oct 01, 2006 at 09:45:52AM -0400, Chris Klein wrote: :::: 1) The older G5s just weren't powerful enough to run some of our :::: more demanding applications. We have since moved all of our high :::: end applications over to Precision 690s. ::: ::: right, the new ones are core duo based or in the case of the g5, ::: Dual Xeon. ::: :::: 2) One of our major problems is with Mac profiles. For instance :::: Jane Doe gets married, and Jane's last name changes to Robinson. :::: The Macs would shit themselves over the name change and everything :::: would go haywire. ::: ::: Yeah lol. ::: :::: We still run them for the Viewmaster group. They have G5s, and 30 :::: inch LCDs. ::: ::: Unf. ::: ::: -- ::: ::: Bryan G. Seitz ******* This message and any attachment are confidential and may be privileged or otherwise protected from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient, please telephone or email the sender and delete this message and any attachment from your system. If you are not the intended recipient you must not copy this message or attachment or disclose the contents to any other person. For further information about Clifford Chance please see our website at http://www.cliffordchance.com or refer to any Clifford Chance office. This firm is not authorised by the Financial Services Authority. However, we are included on the Register maintained by the Financial Services Authority so that we can carry on insurance mediation activity in the UK, which is broadly the advising on, selling and administration of insurance contracts. This part of our business, including arrangements for complaints or redress if something goes wrong, is regulated by The Law Society. The Register can be accessed via the Financial Services Authority website at www.fsa.gov.uk/register.
