| Actually, that makes a lot of sense, Nixgeek, and it also fits in well with my reasoning. Either way (killing OS X or opening it up), Apple needs to detach their hardware from their software, so that they don't need OS X to sell their machines. To open up OS X, I think they will still need to start shipping "Macs" with Windows, otherwise they would not be able to compensate for the loss of hardware sales from people using OS X on other PCs (which is the main argument against 'cloning' you hear these days).
Captain Code: I would say that Apple has "other venues" for non-Mac-related news. Macworld didn't used to be about Apple so much as the Mac. Apple is already converting Mac fandom into "Apple" fandom very well. For instance, it's hard to find any site these days dedicated to Mac news; they all feature iPod news at the very least. That's exactly what makes my doomsday scenario possible — the Mac is slowly becoming unnecessary to Apple's success, even among die-hard Mac fans! |