7 Jun
2005
7 Jun
'05
7:07 a.m.
On 6/7/05, Cameron Kaiser <spectre at floodgap.com> wrote:
Why on earth would Apple do that? Apple's money comes from their Mac sales,
no matter what the iPod publicity implies. Do they want to chuck that by
dropping into the commodity PC market? If they make a PC that can triple
boot Mac, Windows and Linux, then it's an easy matter for someone else to do
so, too.
What they need to do is to add some Apple ID in the PROM and check the
ID when booting OS/X. Then nobody can make a PC that can run OS/X.
It won't work and you can believe Apple will do
its utmost to ensure that
OS "x86" only runs on Apple-blessed Intel boxes.
I'm sure some clever folk will figure out a way to hoodwink OS X, but that
will be the exception.
After reading slashdot, I agree that Apple will make Intel Mac that
can triple-boot windows, OS/X and linux. Adding the fact that OS/X
will not run on anybody else's PC, the Apple Intel Mac might blow Dell
away.
It's not going to happen.
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