I was deeply involved in Apple's last attempt to make its OS available on non-Apple hardware. Two of the key issues that stopped that effort still exist and will likely block any future attempts:
1. Financially, Apple is organized around the sale of hardware with its OS. While it may be possible (theoretically) for a company to switch from a hardware model to mixed hardware/software, it is
very difficult.
2. The principle consumer benefit of Apple's products is the very tight integration of hardware, software and peripherals. This would be impossibly expensive to achieve with generic x86 hardware.
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- 2. The principle consumer benefit of Apple's products is the very tight integration of hardware, software and peripherals. This would be impossibly expensive to achieve with generic x86 hardware.
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