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Evidence That Apple May Be Preparing to Make OS X Available on Other PC Hardware — #24

I've been saying this for a LONG time. the intel transition is just step 1. I'm expecting a 5 year timeframe for "open osx", where you can build your own mac. Of course youll have …

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Evidence That Apple May Be Preparing to Make OS X Available on Other PC Hardware — #25

Quote: Originally Posted by meelk What will be good about this transition to Apple, is they wont be seen to be dumping their core customer base. They can still sell macs with Ap…

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Evidence That Apple May Be Preparing to Make OS X Available on Other PC Hardware — #26

Apple is really going to split in OS, apps and hardware different companies: AppleSource, Claris and AppleOne. After years AppleOne will try to regain the "Apple Computer, Inc." na…

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Evidence That Apple May Be Preparing to Make OS X Available on Other PC Hardware — #27

Quote: Originally Posted by Chuckit Another route that cuts into the company's profits. Again, Apple's primary source of revenue is hardware. Why would they want to make it easi…

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Evidence That Apple May Be Preparing to Make OS X Available on Other PC Hardware — #28

Quote: Originally Posted by Chuckit Do you also think they'll make Final Cut Pro and Logic open-source and freely downloadable but still allow people to buy boxed copies if they…

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Evidence That Apple May Be Preparing to Make OS X Available on Other PC Hardware — #29

Quote: Originally Posted by Chuckit Another route that cuts into the company's profits. Again, Apple's primary source of revenue is hardware I love this argument... let's r…

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Evidence That Apple May Be Preparing to Make OS X Available on Other PC Hardware — #30

I think it would do like th iPod. OS X is a cool OS... everybody hates Windows. Why would you go Windows when you can go OS X?

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Evidence That Apple May Be Preparing to Make OS X Available on Other PC Hardware — #31

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…

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Evidence That Apple May Be Preparing to Make OS X Available on Other PC Hardware — #32

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.

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Evidence That Apple May Be Preparing to Make OS X Available on Other PC Hardware — #33

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…

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Evidence That Apple May Be Preparing to Make OS X Available on Other PC Hardware — #34

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 …

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Evidence That Apple May Be Preparing to Make OS X Available on Other PC Hardware — #35

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!…

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Evidence That Apple May Be Preparing to Make OS X Available on Other PC Hardware — #36

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

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Evidence That Apple May Be Preparing to Make OS X Available on Other PC Hardware — #37

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…

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Evidence That Apple May Be Preparing to Make OS X Available on Other PC Hardware — #38

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 …

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Evidence That Apple May Be Preparing to Make OS X Available on Other PC Hardware — #39

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. …

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Evidence That Apple May Be Preparing to Make OS X Available on Other PC Hardware — #40

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..…

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Evidence That Apple May Be Preparing to Make OS X Available on Other PC Hardware — #41

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…

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Evidence That Apple May Be Preparing to Make OS X Available on Other PC Hardware — #42

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'…

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Evidence That Apple May Be Preparing to Make OS X Available on Other PC Hardware — #43

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…

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Evidence That Apple May Be Preparing to Make OS X Available on Other PC Hardware — #44

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…

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Evidence That Apple May Be Preparing to Make OS X Available on Other PC Hardware — #45

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!

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Evidence That Apple May Be Preparing to Make OS X Available on Other PC Hardware — #46

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 …

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Evidence That Apple May Be Preparing to Make OS X Available on Other PC Hardware — #47

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…

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Evidence That Apple May Be Preparing to Make OS X Available on Other PC Hardware — #48

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…

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