> -----Original Message----- > From: Dave l [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2007 11:36 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: New MacBook Pro 15! > > "So yes, you can get OSX to install on any intel based system. You just > have to try." > on a pirated copy and it still doesnt run anywhere near 100%, maybe > 30%, ask pearpc about that one and if it did install and work correctly > on any pc then everyone would be doing it.
No - they wouldn't. While performance is not an issue (I defy you to come up with any legitimate reason why a Mac built with off-the-shelf parts would work 70% faster than a PC built with those same parts) complexity is. Getting OS X to run on an off the shelf PC isn't a straight forward process: beginning with the fact that you have to obtain an (illegal) copy of the OS somehow. This is apparently difficult for you to understand so I'll be clear: MOST PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO RUN MAC OS. It's that simple. Some, like myself, have experience with both but prefer Windows others (the vast majority) are simply comfortable using whatever they started with and for most people that's Windows. Granted this has nothing to do with quality: if most people had started with Macs then most people would continue to use them. Technical inertia is seriously difficult to overcome (as Apple has realized). The simple fact is that Mac OS does not provide enough of a difference to attract the general PC population. It was easy to get people to switch from black and white to color TV (once prices came down), for example: the benefits were clear to everybody. It's much more difficult when the benefits are less pronounced and meaningful. But in the end that's the truth of it: you can run Mac OS on any PC but it's a little difficult, a little shady and the vast majority of people just plain don't care. Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade & integrate Adobe Coldfusion MX7 with Flex 2 http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJP Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:230916 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
