On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 1:40 AM, TJPA <[email protected]> wrote:

> Not likely, though it may become available as an option.

  I think it is highly likely.  It is my personal belief, bolstered by
recent Apple Corp. movement, that Apple is going in the direction of
regarding computers, for marketing purposes, as being more akin to
appliances than as professional tools.  It is costly for Apple Corp.
to have to maintain two separate operating systems, especially when
their newest OS is the one that runs on the devices that are likely to
be biggest sellers and money makers by far in Apple's history.

  Apple will cede the "professional" market to Windows (why not?) and
focus on computing devices of all sorts that offer more of an
"everyperson" experience as opposed to a niche market which has been
their tradition for the most part.  Apple will make devices that will
satisfy all age groups, from toddlers to adults, neophytes to geeks.
I think this was their aim with the iPad, the plans for which were
being worked on well before the iPhone appeared.

  Steve


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