Brian McKee wrote: > > On 7-Jun-05, at 1:57 PM, Wiggins d'Anconia wrote: > >> >> Why wouldn't you? Memory, drives, video, etc. are all the same right >> now. Motherboard has pretty standard features, other than it is setup >> for a Power processor. Apple has been going cheap for a while, SCSI -> >> IDE ring any bells? It would be a real shame if they didn't allow you to >> install OS X on any commodity PC, once again back to that whole volume >> issue. Without a different chip, Macs really are just a pretty looking >> box with a nice software package preinstalled. Darwin runs on Intel >> already (mostly) which is the real key, if Apple goes through with this >> and won't let you install on a commidity PC then they really missed the >> boat, in fact I would say they couldn't even find the dock. > > > Quoting cnet > <http://news.com.com/Apple+throws+the+switch%2C+aligns+with+Intel+- > +page+2/2100-7341_3-5733756-2.html?tag=st.next> > >> After Jobs' presentation, Apple Senior Vice President Phil Schiller >> addressed the issue of running Windows on Macs, >> saying there are no plans to sell or support Windows on an >> Intel-based Mac. >> "That doesn't preclude someone from running it on a Mac. They >> probably will," he said. "We won't do anything to preclude that." >> However, Schiller said the company does not plan to let people run >> Mac OS X on other computer makers' hardware. >> "We will not allow running Mac OS X on anything other than an Apple >> Mac," he said. > > > Shades of Sony... > >
Bon Voyage! ;-) (Thanks for the quote though.) We will see... iTunes/iPod for windows anyone? How long ago was it that they said they weren't moving to Intel? The market has a funny way of dictating what a company will and won't do, no matter how pouty the President. Make me a believer... http://danconia.org
