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June 8th, 2008, 09:57 AM
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With the perception as it is now that Macs are more expensive than their PC counterparts, a business model that allowed OS X to run on any generic PC hardware would surely kill their computer business. I foresee people flocking to generic hardware, and, as such, this forum would grow in size by a factor of 1,000 with all the people expecting their computers to "just work" and having them "just not" because of some generic-brand video card or some overseas expansion card not being fully compatible. I don't think I could keep up with the amount of "HELP!!1!1 my r0x0rz 1337 setup givs meh 'colonel panik' wen i's try to h0w do u get SL1 on nvidea cardz??" threads. If Apple went generic PC, this place would soon become an out-of-control, cluster****, potpourri of trouble threads.
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June 8th, 2008, 10:10 AM
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June 8th, 2008, 06:02 PM
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| I agree there.....plus, you gave me quite a chuckle with that last paragraph, EDCC.  Still, I would like to see it happen. As bad as it might have been for Apple back in the 90s, I do miss the clones. 
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June 9th, 2008, 03:54 PM
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| Hmm, I guess I'll see in 5 mins but I can't tell you 
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June 9th, 2008, 04:09 PM
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| See, I knew I would be wrong. But for me it was kind of a snorefest what with it being the Worldwide iPhone Developers Conference. 
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June 10th, 2008, 08:00 AM
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June 10th, 2008, 09:00 AM
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| I really hope one of the improvements in Snow Leopard is the ability to customize the GUI. It's all just getting stale to me.
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