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All Things Microsoft => Microsoft as a Company => Topic started by: solarflare on 24 January 2004, 20:56
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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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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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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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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 (http://developer.apple.com/darwin/). They can port the top GUI layer with it if they wanted to, but I don't think they want that anyway (http://smile.gif)
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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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If I wanted the Mac OS then I would have purchased the Mac computer.
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I'm more of a Linux fan, but Macs are at least a step away from Windoze.