[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Agreed - Mac has never been a just "hardware" company anyway. It has >been the full package that has made them the money, not just the >hardware. Not only is their hardware pretty and does it work well, but >the software "just works", is one of the most beautiful UI's out there, >and runs on top of UNIX. Anyone who buys an apple off the shelf knows >right off that once you get it, apple pays very close attention to every >detail of making the computer, from the packaging, to the lights on the >outside of the computer, to the computer's design, to the software that >comes inside to the apps that ship with the OS. Running Mac on Intel >will finally make Intel chips do what they were supposed to do - *work*. >People will run M$ on their Intel and see how the Mac performs so much >better on the same chip and be able to see even more that M$ is an >inferior product. M$ will finally have to start paying more attention >to the details of their OS. > >Jesse >.| This has been a P.L.U.G. mailing. | >| Don't Fear the Penguin. | >| IRC: #utah at irc.freenode.net | >` > > > I've personally always wanted to try running Mac OS on my PC. You can build a PC so cheap now days yourself, so I can't justify spending so much money just to try out an OS. Separating their all-in-one package and moving to an Intel architecture would be a good move I think. Maybe more companies will start putting their games and other software on Mac OS then as well.
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