Quote: Originally Posted by meelk How much money is Apple actually making on hardware? Little of nothing? The iPod has been driving Apple for awhile now. You can try to classify…

If is doesn't have a Motorola 68000 processor, and I mean a 68000 - not a 68020, '030, or '040, a 68000 - it's not a Mac.

Quote: Originally Posted by Big Mac You may want to look at the facts before making your assessment. Take a look at Q3 2005 results: *Macs still constitute a substantially large…

Quote: Originally Posted by Salty I think anything that runs Mac OS X is a Mac. Or are iBooks not Macs because they don't have Mac in the name? Not so much. How long do …

The webmonkey who wrote that is probably going to get fired for not using Apple-approved™ terms for their computers. See what youäve done by bring attention to one innoucous piece!…

Apple would never make intel for PC, if it did, it would be the end of the world...

Quote: Originally Posted by bowwowman The tag line may mean NOTHING, but then again....... A few years ago, at Macworld Keynote, Steve made the comment that "Once the transitio…

Quote: Originally Posted by meelk This is the kind of post I'll be laughing at when Apple lets OSX out of its little concentration camp for the rest of the world to use. In …

I forsee Apple selling OS X for PC's ONLY if the hardware stops selling (aka NeXTStep for Intel). As long as the hardware is selling at acceptable levels.....ain't gonna happen. …

Quote: Originally Posted by Detrius One of the original major features of OS X was that it separated the executable binary from the application resources (images, windows, etc..…

Quote: Originally Posted by tooki Wrong assumption. I believed all along that Apple was developing OS X for Intel. And I know I'm not the only person who suspected it. It was de…

Quote: Originally Posted by meelk No doubt the *profit margin* on the ipods was tremendously higher based on parts cost/labor/etc. Actually, you've got it reversed. Apple'…

It makes sense, it "leaves the door open" in case Apple ever needed to market OSX to any other platforms. Just the way OSX was quietly developed, crossplatform even during the gold…

Quote: Originally Posted by jwoods I forsee Apple selling OS X for PC's ONLY if the hardware stops selling (aka NeXTStep for Intel). As long as the hardware is selling at accep…

I object your honor. Big Mac is only telling us what he thinks will happen; speculation, rumors, and analysis based on past trends are hardly cause for concern. I see no evidence!

Quote: Originally Posted by ApeInTheShell I object your honor. Big Mac is only telling us what he thinks will happen; speculation, rumors, and analysis based on past trends are …

Sure, Apple might go to an OS-only strategy when the hardware is making them less money than they would on software. And Canada might become a totalitarian, military nation when zo…

I doubt Apple is planning on supporting any old PC. For one thing, with each new revision of OS X Intel, more and more kexts start disappearing which used to support older hardware…

Quote: Originally Posted by Chuckit Sure, Apple might go to an OS-only strategy when the hardware is making them less money than they would on software. And Canada might become …

It would be great if Apple released a commercial that pissed off the entire news media, technology industry, and Windows users. But that probably won't happen.

For some reason, when I try to use the select (center) button on the music selection on my main menu, my nano resets. It works for every other selection on the main menu (photos, …

wipe the nano completely using the latest version of the iPod software updater from Apple's site and see if the problem persists. If it does, your nano's broken.

Recently aquired a used dsktop powermac beige unit 266mhz, 192mb ram, OS 9.2 - for a friend The mac starts up and just as it gets to about a quarter of the way across of the start…

A type 11 bomb on startup? Ouch. First try starting while holding shift to disable extensions, and if that does not work you'll have to get a hold of an OS 9 disc to check on the d…

Quote: Originally Posted by Big Mac A type 11 bomb on startup? Ouch. First try starting while holding shift to disable extensions, and if that does not work you'll have to get a…