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Some things i would like to see happen to OS X
mushrooomprince:
I have a mac right now. Building a mac is not really an option because getting the spare parts is so expensive.
There is serious need for os ten on the PC platform. Apple needs to share the joy with the rest of the world and those who can't afford macs.
Laukev7:
Unless they get a higher marketshare first, making Mac OS X available for the PC would be suicide. They would forfeit their hardware sales, and Microsoft is holding the OEMs by the balls right now, so they would have a hard time finding anyone willing to sell OS X with their computers.
sway:
quote:Originally posted by cocoamix:
They could and maybe they have. the problem is that Apple is a HARDWARE company more than a software company.
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i don't fully agree with that. apple doesn't really create anything besides firewire. example: they use ibm/motorola processors, logitech in the apple pro mouse, harman kardon speakers, samsung memory, etc.
Laukev7:
Then, who makes the Powerbook? The iPod? The displays? Who assembles the Powermacs in such a neat way, with no clutter of wires inside? Who designs the iMacs and all the other machines?
The quality of their hardware is not only determined by what they make themselves. It also depends on the CHOICE of parts they put together in their Macs that make them such good computers.
And what determines whether they are a hardware or software company depends on what they centre their business around, not on what they produce. The Mac is made of several chosen parts, an IBM PowerPC processor and an operating system based on UN*X, but the Macintosh brand is the computer running Mac OS, not just the hardware (e.g. Dell) or the system (e.g. Microsoft).
sway:
quote:Originally posted by Laukev7:
Then, who makes the Powerbook? The iPod? The displays? Who assembles the Powermacs in such a neat way, with no clutter of wires inside? Who designs the iMacs and all the other machines?
The quality of their hardware is not only determined by what they make themselves. It also depends on the CHOICE of parts they put together in their Macs that make them such good computers.
And what determines whether they are a hardware or software company depends on what they centre their business around, not on what they produce. The Mac is made of several chosen parts, an IBM PowerPC processor and an operating system based on UN*X, but the Macintosh brand is the computer running Mac OS, not just the hardware (e.g. Dell) or the system (e.g. Microsoft).
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i know all of this. i'm just saying, they make things, not create. some people tend to think they create hardware.
and in my opinion, they can't be called a true hardware company untill they actually create a few more things.
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