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First Look at Apple's Intel Developer Macs

Posted by samzenpus on from the check-it-out dept.

xyankee writes "Think Secret is reporting that developers have started taking receipt of Apple's Intel-based Mac kits. Along with some specs and photos, the site reports that Windows XP installs without a hitch on the systems and that casually trying to install Mac OS X for Intel on a Dell doesn't work... yet..."

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  1. OS X on a regular PC by digidave · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Does anyone have any doubt that this is going to happen? Instead of being able to purchase a copy and run it on my computer I'll end up downloading a cracked pirate copy and running that.

    I can't help but wonder if Apple is throwing away potential customers by not allowing everyone to run OS X. Sure, they're primarily a hardware company, but I don't think it would be difficult for them to transition to a software company... they've certainly got the software to compete with anybody. And software has higher profit margins.

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  2. plus one... by macthulhu · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I just wanted to add a comment to get the total up to 666... seems fitting.

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