Existing users, 
I would MUCH rather run Mac OS X on a PC. I'm holding out for Apple to give their blessing. With Apple running a Intel processor now I don't see what the problem is. People that can afford a new Mac will still be buying them. Then the poor old people like me can afford a newer computer.
I remember 32 years ago when my class mate and good friend Randy Williams said, Hey man, come and work at this new place where I work, you'll get hired right away. It was a very small building on the outskirts of Santa Cruz CA across from the only other building out there, the gum factory. I thought that he was making a big mistake at a dead end job. The place looked like it would be lucky if it kept the doors open one more week.
The little building was Intel. I said no thanks cause I wanted to go do woodworking. At that time computers were evil and most hippies stayed away.
If you know anything about Intel, then you know who Randy is.
Life's a funny thing. Always think hard before you jump.
Apple Boot Camp
Run Windows on Intel Macs.
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Other way around dude
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Contributed by: Ancient_Boii_Tribe Wednesday, August 08 2007 @ 09:44 PM PDT
Product Platform: MacOSX
Used Product For: Have Not Tried
Recommend Product: YES
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Other way around dude - Ancient_Boii_Tribe
I don't "buy" software. I stopped doing that after getting screwed when I bought the application Watson.I don't buy new Macs after buying the best at the time (G3 B/W), spending thousands of dollars, then a couple years later they came out with G5's and my computer is worth about 100.00.
If I buy a Mac as I always do, it will be used.
No one ever made lots of money by being a nice guy. Nice guys never get rich. If you want to be rich you have to sleep with the devil. Jobs is a slime bag just as bad as Gates. They are also from the same family background.
It I wanted to run Mac OS X on a PC I can do that right now. I was just doing some *censored*ing at the man.
I'm a senior citizen and I really don't give a fock if people don't like what I write or say. It amuses me when they don't like it.
Thursday, August 09 2007 @ 10:49 AM PDT
Other way around dude - brop52
Why would you buy a used mac? You lose out on warranty if it is up and macs these days hold their value for a long time.Thursday, April 24 2008 @ 06:55 PM PDT
Other way around dude - Mr. Wizard
It will NEVER happen! Besides the issue of the gazillion variations of hardware that Jobs doesn't have any desire to support there's also the issue of trying to compete in the 'bottom-dollar' Gateway/Dell market. Steve Jobs has absolutely NO desire to go there. The closest you'll EVER see to something like that is the Mac Mini.Did you notice that when OSX first came out for the intel platform that everybody and his brother was beating his head against the brick wall of getting OSX to run on plain Intel hardware? And a few succeeded too. And Apple Inc. (Steve Jobs) learned how they were doing it and plugged the holes. It's not being done anymore .... the holes are plugged.... and they're going to stay that way. Apple (Steve Jobs) has no desire to be seen as a 'cheap wannabe.'
The reason Apple is on the rise is because of the "cool factor" and being able to run OSX on plain-jane PC hardware would seriously hurt that image. Jobs will never let it happen while he's still breathing.
Give it up! It ain't gonna happen!
Friday, October 19 2007 @ 11:54 PM PDT
Other way around dude - Gorbag
Apple differentiates it's products from commodity PCs through exclusive software, including the OS, the Pro tools, etc. They are a very important part of what constitutes the Mac "experience."Were Apple to make the OS available for commodity PCs, they would lose the primary reason customers choose Apple machines. That would change their business proposition, their pricing proposition, etc. I don't expect such a change to happen myself, but if it did, I would expect that copies of MacOS that could run on generic PCs would be protected by DRM, locked down to a particular CPU, and generally cost substantially more than the "upgrades" Apple makes available for their OS at retail. In other words, I suspect in such a world, you would find a generic PC that could run MacOS X (that is, supported the hardware DRM) along with a retail copy of MacOS X would cost as much or more than purchasing a Mac to begin with.
Apple is not a charity, they create innovative products in order to maximize their profits. That's their duty to their shareholders, many of whom are also retired and need the appreciation in Apple stock to fund their own life requirements.
Thursday, April 24 2008 @ 04:08 PM PDT
Other way around dude - brop52
Good luck with drivers on a non-supported machine. It will never happen.Thursday, April 24 2008 @ 06:53 PM PDT
Other way around dude - Swift2
I think you'll wait a long time, dude. Jobs will never do it. Why should he? They're growing like crazy without the headache of developing for nine bazillion different Windows environments. It's like when Jobs returned: the first thing he did, the immediate thing, was to cancel all the cheap clones. They were hemorrhaging money. Sure a lot of people just like the Macs. They're cool. But there's enough people with your attitude to lose money. Unless you wanted to pay, like $500 for OS X for Windows, buy a damn Mac. It comes free.Reply to This
Thursday, August 09 2007 @ 01:02 AM PDT