Scott, > I've always thought that they could sell a version of the OS to WinTel > users at an inflated price. Compare what OS X costs compared to what one > pays for a full Windows license and there's a bit of profit in it. > Possibly (in turns of turnover) as much as they get in hardware. At least > it would be revenue they are not getting now.
Well, they're clearly primed to do that ... a friend of a friend of an acquaintance downloaded something from BitTorrent and installed it on a drive attached to a Windows machine I'm familiar with.... and when I saw the Mac OS X Tiger desktop zoom up on the screen, I had to gasp, and felt a little choked up. Dear god. Mac OS X. On a PC. Working just splendidly. It's just a business decision at this point. Not a technical one. I would bet anything that if they released Mac OS X for non-Apple hardware at the same price as Windows Vista Ultimate, they would quickly outsell Vista and turn the industry on its head. Maybe that's how they're forcing Microsoft to do updates for Office on the Mac (or maybe they're not doing this for fear Office won't be done for Mac). Who knows. Maybe Leopard? Meanwhile, if you REALLY wanted a $400 Mac with GREAT specs.... _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
