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solarflare

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« on: 24 January 2004, 20:56 »
Apple working HP will turn the computer world upside down!

M$ have announced lower profits than 2003 - times are changing!!!

I think it's all leading to Apple releasing a 'watered down' version of OS X which will be pre-installed on HP PCs this year.

If this happens M$ will be eating shit big time!!! Just look at how many hits the Apple website had when they released Itunes for windows!

Times are changing guys!!!

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« Reply #1 on: 24 January 2004, 21:41 »
I know that Apple and HP had some iPod and iTunes involvement, but where's the news report about Mac OS X for x86?

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« Reply #2 on: 24 January 2004, 21:49 »
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Originally posted by Refalm:
I know that Apple and HP had some iPod and iTunes involvement, but where's the news report about Mac OS X for x86?


I have heard this from a very reliable source that Apple already have a version of OS X working in the r/d department.

In fact I will try to get some screen grabs from him and I will post them...

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« Reply #3 on: 24 January 2004, 22:40 »
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solarflare: I have heard this from a very reliable source that Apple already have a version of OS X working in the r/d department.

In fact I will try to get some screen grabs from him and I will post them...


Apple already got the core of Mac OS X running on x86. It's called Darwin. They can port the top GUI layer with it if they wanted to, but I don't think they want that anyway  

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« Reply #4 on: 25 January 2004, 03:09 »
Mac OSX on x86: not gonna happen.  Ever.  They may work out a "watered-down" one as solarflare said, but a full one?  Never.  This would mean that people wouldn't have to buy Apple's overpriced computers, so they would go under, most likely.

It's a damn shame, too, since this would put Unix on the map for desktops (faster than Linux will/has).
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« Reply #5 on: 25 January 2004, 03:26 »
If I wanted the Mac OS then I would have purchased the Mac computer.
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« Reply #6 on: 25 January 2004, 21:13 »
I'm more of a Linux fan, but Macs are at least a step away from Windoze.