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OS X for Intel

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the well-its-about-time dept.

gbooker writes "According to Mac Observer, Apple has announced that they will release a version of OS X for Intel." Guess all those pompous Mac Owners will have to share their precious OS with us heathens.

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  1. Re:If only it were true... by jasonwileymac.com · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Well put. Again, I will say it for the rest of you... Never EVER EVER. If you want to use OS X, you will now and forever be required to buy a machine manufactured by Apple. Period. Name one other hardware company that survived by making hardware and licensed software - ....waiting......waiting.... Apple would loose control of the integration, and that is the whole point of owning a Mac. NEVER.

  2. Re:If only it were true... by mmusn · · Score: 3, Interesting
    Porting OSX to x86 would be pointless. Apple has no unique technology in their OS; Linux with KDE already gives you pretty much the same functionality and a similarly nice GUI. What Linux with KDE doesn't give you is the Apple user community, third party software, and integrated hardware/software. That's what makes Apple valuable, and you'd lose that if they ever ported to something other than their own hardware.

    I'd much rather see more companies like Apple: companies that pick an OS, build nice hardware, and sell it all together.