I think this makes sense, if the buyer has to pay the same price that Mac users have to pay for Windows. Windows 7 Ultimate (the equivalent version to OSX, because OSX does't come in cut-down variations) has a retail price of $320. Lion sells for $30. Now, to be fair you would have had to installed Snow Leopard in order to order Lion, you could argue that the effective price is $160. That's still half the price of Windows. Apple could make a straight to Lion product for perhaps $150, which could be enough income to be worth the trouble, and still be less than half the price of Windows.
One issue though is that it could lead to a huge amount of support for all the variations of PC hardware people might use it on. On May 26, 2012, at 1:01 PM, Roger Eller <roger.e.el...@sealedair.com> wrote: > Violations aside, Apple makes a nice OS, and nicely designed hardware. > Hobbyists (and pros) want this cool looking iStuff, but without the hefty > pricetag. I 'personally' don't see a problem with a hobbyist BUYING a copy > of OS X, and installing it on their own custom hardware for fun (not > profit). _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
