Because it
makes the Intel Mac another Windows PC, that's why.
I, for one, would like a Windows PC that had style, flair, and -- most
importantly -- Just Worked(tm). So again, I ask: Why is this a bad thing?
So why does a Vaio not do it for you? Sony has had their clinkers, but there
are some rather nice Vaio systems out there.
There is the expectation that someone might be able to cajole Windows to
boot on the Intel Mac, and Microsoft might even support it. Phil Schiller
even made some allusions to that, although the converse (Mac OS X on a
commodity PC) would be explicitly verboten both by EULA and presumably in
hardware. However, if Apple became another clone manufacturer, Apple sinks
to the level of a Dell or Gateway. So I don't think Apple will ever openly
push their Intel Macs as Windows machines, even if it were possible. It would
sink them to try to compete on a commodity PC basis.
And I'm beginning to see the point of view of people who say that Macs
are defined by their operating system, not (so much) by the hardware. If
there were an Intel Mac running Windows, it would have superior industrial
design and hardware, but it would still be running Windows and subject to
all the crap. It wouldn't, as you say, Just Work.
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