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Joined: Mar 2001
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Hard-core CEG'er
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Hard-core CEG'er
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Originally posted by TGO:
There are iso's of osx that will run on intel chips...but supposedly Apple has no intention of selling osx for any computer other than a "mac," even though they've switched to intel chips. Which i think is retarded, but what do i know anyway?
Maybe it's good if there aren't too many hardware variables...i mean just look at windows when it comes to driver issues, etc.
Hardware variables is one thing. However, I believe Apple has no intention of reliving its past -- in the mid 1990s, they allowed Motorola and other manufacturers to make Macintosh clones. These clones were far cheaper than anything Apple could produce and consequently killed business for Apple machines (which at the time were its primary means for revenue). Granted nowadays they're a whole lot more competitive in prices; however, if you could buy a new G5 clone for $1200 versus an Apple Power Mac G5 for $1999 (base price), which would you do?
I personally am not a huge fan of the current PowerBook line - give me a flat black plastic Thinkpad with OSX any day. (The new black Macbook has changed this opinion somewhat and I do intend to get one in the future to replace my G4 PowerBook, but it's still a glossy Apple design with inevitable problems down the road if it's actually transported anywhere often.)
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