I'm confused.....if OS/X runs on the same hardware as what you call PCs why
haven't they already captured this slice?
Oh, you mean they should just sell the OS standlone on the shelf or licence
it to vendors to sell with PCs. But then there would be no "APPLE".
I think that's decidedly anti-APPLE thinking. :)
No point in being frustrated and don't expect changes until Jobs dies. :)
Chris Reeves wrote:
:: I'll tell you this, the more time I spend with Vista, the more
:: convinced I am that Apple is wrong. Not because Vista is great, but
:: because if Apple would get off it's high horse and decide to be a
:: software maker, it could sell immense volumes of OS/X for the PC
:: market, and be an instant competitor.
::
:: Apple's closed system is what f*(& them, not Microsoft. I've played
:: with OS/X 86 (legitimate, through a legitimate local developer) and
:: the thing runs on virtually anything as long as I put the PCI card
:: from them in. I've seen it run on AMD, old Dells, whatever. The
:: thing works and runs smooth on most hardware, because at it's heart,
:: it's linux type core still handles it.
::
:: Which is what kills me about apple. They could have a significant
:: slice of the overall PC market if they wanted it. Yes, I know they
:: do well (6% of total market, which is not bad) but if OS/X were to
:: be an option for any PC owner, they could capture a big slice of it
:: as they'd have a lot more adopters of their product.
::
:: CW
::
::: -----Original Message-----
::: From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:hardware-
::: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bryan Seitz
::: Sent: Sunday, October 01, 2006 12:50 PM
::: To: The Hardware List
::: Subject: Re: [H] iMac arrived today...
:::
::: On Sun, Oct 01, 2006 at 09:45:52AM -0400, Chris Klein wrote:
:::: 1) The older G5s just weren't powerful enough to run some of our
:::: more demanding applications. We have since moved all of our high
:::: end applications over to Precision 690s.
:::
::: right, the new ones are core duo based or in the case of the g5,
::: Dual Xeon.
:::
:::: 2) One of our major problems is with Mac profiles. For instance
:::: Jane Doe gets married, and Jane's last name changes to Robinson.
:::: The Macs would shit themselves over the name change and everything
:::: would go haywire.
:::
::: Yeah lol.
:::
:::: We still run them for the Viewmaster group. They have G5s, and 30
:::: inch LCDs.
:::
::: Unf.
:::
::: --
:::
::: Bryan G. Seitz
