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Cringely: OS X on Intel

Posted by timothy on from the apple's-golden-opportunity dept.

sti writes: "Cringely's column this week argues that Apple should port OS X to the Intel platform. He makes an interesting case for it. I would definitely favour this. I've always had this warm spot in my heart for Apple but rarely had the money to pay for their overpriced hardware."

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  1. Apples looked at this in the past by The+Mutant · · Score: 5, Informative

    This site talks about a project at Apple some ten years ago to port Mac OS to Intel hardware.

    The article also talks about the work done by ARDI, the firm mentioned in the InfoWorld story.

    Apple assembled a small team and got Mac OS runnning pretty quickly, but it seemed the firm didn't have the willpower to push it to market.

    It probably would be different this time around with the forceful Steve Jobs at the helm.

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  2. Re:Quantitative comparison of price by Verminator · · Score: 5, Informative

    Just did the same BTO at Dell.com... there seems to be a slight discrepancy here.

    I believe that Riskable made the same mistake I did initially... which was selecting a 15" CRT, rather than a 15" LCD.

    With the LCD, Dell's offering rounds out at $1289.00.

    I could locate no option to add FireWire.

    Now which is the bargain computer? Hmmm...

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