Comments on: Dell offers to sell OS X on its machines: Apple says no! http://theminiblog.co.uk/archives/2006/04/17/dell-offers-to-sell-os-x-on-its-machines-apple-says-no/ Plugged into the net - Technology, gaming and Apple news Fri, 21 Nov 2008 23:18:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Mike S http://theminiblog.co.uk/archives/2006/04/17/dell-offers-to-sell-os-x-on-its-machines-apple-says-no/#comment-417 Mike S Wed, 19 Apr 2006 05:48:09 +0000 http://theminiblog.co.uk/archives/2006/04/17/dell-offers-to-sell-os-x-on-its-machines-apple-says-no/#comment-417 If apple releases OSX for x86 I see two problems for them. Firstly they'll need to support thousands of different hardware configurations which might be very difficult and as seen in Windows world might lead to lots of BSDs. How this reflects to user opinion of OS we've all seen with Windows 9x. And secondly, they sell hardware and they make lots of money on it. If I had a choice to buy a Mac or put together a PC myself for fraction of the price for Apple machine- Apple would lose me as a customer. Yes, I would buy OS X but I don't believe that's where the buck is for Apple. Having said all of this, you never know what they'll come up with. We all thought we'll never see OSX on Intel, or rather Intel in a Mac but it's here now. We also never dreamed of Apple helping install Windows on a mac, but they did it, too. If apple releases OSX for x86 I see two problems for them. Firstly they’ll need to support thousands of different hardware configurations which might be very difficult and as seen in Windows world might lead to lots of BSDs. How this reflects to user opinion of OS we’ve all seen with Windows 9x.

And secondly, they sell hardware and they make lots of money on it. If I had a choice to buy a Mac or put together a PC myself for fraction of the price for Apple machine- Apple would lose me as a customer. Yes, I would buy OS X but I don’t believe that’s where the buck is for Apple.

Having said all of this, you never know what they’ll come up with. We all thought we’ll never see OSX on Intel, or rather Intel in a Mac but it’s here now. We also never dreamed of Apple helping install Windows on a mac, but they did it, too.

]]> By: Ben http://theminiblog.co.uk/archives/2006/04/17/dell-offers-to-sell-os-x-on-its-machines-apple-says-no/#comment-416 Ben Tue, 18 Apr 2006 21:05:00 +0000 http://theminiblog.co.uk/archives/2006/04/17/dell-offers-to-sell-os-x-on-its-machines-apple-says-no/#comment-416 I'm pretty sure this is going to stick. Apple don't just sell their OS, they sell an experience and the hardware is a vital part of that. I’m pretty sure this is going to stick. Apple don’t just sell their OS, they sell an experience and the hardware is a vital part of that.

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