In article <hdif24d93f2kfp7orjlu0jqm86pvn9sv5b@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
Mayor of R'lyeh <mayor.of.rlyeh@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On Mon, 12 May 2008 00:33:16 -0400, ZnU <znu@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
> >In article <c4ff24118noq8u1folg89ukigeq1m6e7nq@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
> > Mayor of R'lyeh <mayor.of.rlyeh@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >
> >> On Sun, 11 May 2008 23:03:34 -0400, ZnU <znu@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >>
> >> >In article <GHKVj.2487$ah4.231@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
> >> > "John Slade" <hhitman86@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >
> >> >> The reason why OS X market share will remain small is becaue Apple
> >> >> only wants to make it for a tiny segment of the computer market.
> >> >> That being the Mac. If it was available to every other PC, it
> >> >> might catch on and more companies would write software for it. As
> >> >> it is now, it's just a niche OS.
> >> >
> >> >I've asked this question quite a lot previously, but I'll ask it
> >> >again:
> >> >
> >> >Precisely what is supposed to be so much more compelling about OS X
> >> >on, for instance, a Dell, vs. OS X on a Mac?
> >>
> >> The price of the HW...duh!
> >
> >OK, but as I've also mentioned many times before, it would be far
> >easier for Apple to get OS X on cheaper machines by simply offering
> >cheaper Macs than by attempting to sup****t a substantial fraction of
> >the hardware out there in the generic x86 world.
>
> I think the desire for MacOS X on generic HW largely stems from the
> realization that Apple isn't going to do that.
Apple is more likely to ****p cheaper Macs than to officially offer OS X
for non-Apple hardware, so that doesn't make much sense.
I rather suspect most people who call for OS X on generic x86 hardware
just haven't considered the logistics of sup****ting generic hardware vs.
simply selling cheaper Macs. The rest are simply people who believe
multi-vendor hardware platforms are inherently good, usually for some
reason that isn't relevant to most users or to current market conditions.
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"More than two decades later, it is hard to imagine the Revolutionary War
coming
out any other way."
--George W. Bush in Martinsburg, W. Va., July 4,
2007
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