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Old June 8th, 2008, 10:57 AM
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What would be the business model for an OS-X on any PC ?
I don't see one.

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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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.
Quite.
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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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Snow Leopard has been announced. I wonder if they'll charge for it, or if it'll be like the upgrade from 10.0 -> 10.1?
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Hmm, I guess I'll see in 5 mins but I can't tell you
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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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But for me it was kind of a snorefest what with it being the Worldwide iPhone Developers Conference.
At least they showed off Snow Leopard early to developers.
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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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