The move is inevitable. With Chinese giant Lenovo set to become the world's largest PC maker, the value proposition for Apple having its own hardware platform just isn't there any longer.
Now the most intriguing discussion will be licensing of the Mac OS. Will Steve Jobs have it in him to open up the OS to be licensed to OEMs? I'd like to see a dual processor, dual core Alienware AMD64 workstation running Mac OS and Windows XP in dual boot mode. At least now we'll be able to see which platform is really faster. This development should give all the hardware sites review material for years to come. >> Jeff wrote: >> How can you be an elite hardware platform if you are using commodity > >I've always thought the strategy seemed to be the software - but >package it in a slick funky package. The thing with Apple products is >that you can only get the Apple Experience (software) if you buy their >platform. > >I would see step one of this idea as the UNIX grab: put a slick GUI on >top of a cheap OS. Switching to Intel would be the next: put the >cheap OS with a slick GUI onto cheap hardware. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Purchase Dreamweaver with Homesite Plus from House of Fusion, a Macromedia Authorized Affiliate and support the CF community. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=54 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:159686 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
