pcmag.com— "Dvorak: Steve Jobs eventually intends for Apple's Mac OS X to run on any x86 PC." He says it is all a plot to overthrow Vista.
Aug 9, 2005View in Crawl 4
Yeah, I'm calling bulls**t on rompom:"Whereas is see OS X for the "whats a mouse" kinda people."Over the course of the last year, I've watched just about every serious coder/hacker/webdeveloper type I know (including myself) purchase a mac to do their coding on. Pre-OSX, I woulda been right there with you talking smack about the Macs (I've been a Mac playa-hater most of my life) but they're actually GOOD now. I know. It's hard to believe. But they're REALLY GOOD.As far as the article goes, I tend to think Dvorak's full of s**t most of the time. I agree with everyone who's said "but what about the driver support", but then again, Steve and Co. have been doing a lot of things lately that I didn't think they were capable of pulling off. (OSX being developed simultaneously on Intel and PPC chips? That totally caught me off-guard.) I imagine if they actually DO release a shrinkwrapped OSX, they'll have a similar kind of press release like "oh yeah, we were only pretending to be retarded... we really have this whole repository of OSX drivers to support every major peripheral on the market. WHEEEEE.")
Over a long enough timeline I have no doubt that OSX will get ported to x86 the real question is, if it will happen during the lifetime of the company or if it will happen when its actually going to matter.Now is possibly the best chance it has had to happen with the endless direction shifts inside redmond that is leading to endless delays and chop after chop in promised features.If Apple was such a hardware focused company it wouldn't have a problem if its software was ported to other platforms. Hell it would encourage it because it increases the branding.Apples power is in its hardware as far as the following statement is true: "Apple hardware is high value hardware because its cool. Apple hardware is stronger then its software because its distinct.Its cool because its simple and its exceptionally designed toward the central focus. Because its Apple. x86 even with OSX on it will be seen as pretenders to real hardware keeping distinct Apple hardware as a status symbol like x86's were once called IBM clones."
The reason Apple wouldnt take over market share if this happend is simple. Yes all us techno geeks would love dual booting or leaving Windows in the dust. But for the average consumer THEY ABSOLUTLY HATE CHANGE! They will not want Vista because its new and they will REFUSE OSX because probably 90% of all Joe Blow computer users have never even heard of OSX.
hardcoredjAug 9, 2005
Can't believe I'm digging something Dvorak wrote....just as bad as digging Thurrott trash...sheesh!
Closed AccountAug 9, 2005
Yeah, I'm calling bulls**t on rompom:"Whereas is see OS X for the "whats a mouse" kinda people."Over the course of the last year, I've watched just about every serious coder/hacker/webdeveloper type I know (including myself) purchase a mac to do their coding on. Pre-OSX, I woulda been right there with you talking smack about the Macs (I've been a Mac playa-hater most of my life) but they're actually GOOD now. I know. It's hard to believe. But they're REALLY GOOD.As far as the article goes, I tend to think Dvorak's full of s**t most of the time. I agree with everyone who's said "but what about the driver support", but then again, Steve and Co. have been doing a lot of things lately that I didn't think they were capable of pulling off. (OSX being developed simultaneously on Intel and PPC chips? That totally caught me off-guard.) I imagine if they actually DO release a shrinkwrapped OSX, they'll have a similar kind of press release like "oh yeah, we were only pretending to be retarded... we really have this whole repository of OSX drivers to support every major peripheral on the market. WHEEEEE.")
redwireAug 9, 2005
Over a long enough timeline I have no doubt that OSX will get ported to x86 the real question is, if it will happen during the lifetime of the company or if it will happen when its actually going to matter.Now is possibly the best chance it has had to happen with the endless direction shifts inside redmond that is leading to endless delays and chop after chop in promised features.If Apple was such a hardware focused company it wouldn't have a problem if its software was ported to other platforms. Hell it would encourage it because it increases the branding.Apples power is in its hardware as far as the following statement is true: "Apple hardware is high value hardware because its cool. Apple hardware is stronger then its software because its distinct.Its cool because its simple and its exceptionally designed toward the central focus. Because its Apple. x86 even with OSX on it will be seen as pretenders to real hardware keeping distinct Apple hardware as a status symbol like x86's were once called IBM clones."
diargasmAug 9, 2005
This would be a bad move for Apple because then no one would buy their notebooks/pc.
heydigitalAug 9, 2005
No.
digit9Aug 9, 2005
McZiggs -- Right on...well said.
victorvAug 9, 2005
I agree with noghead, I have no virus problems or spyware (on the ocasion I catch some) but to me it is easily fixed.
weezerrock86Aug 10, 2005
The reason Apple wouldnt take over market share if this happend is simple. Yes all us techno geeks would love dual booting or leaving Windows in the dust. But for the average consumer THEY ABSOLUTLY HATE CHANGE! They will not want Vista because its new and they will REFUSE OSX because probably 90% of all Joe Blow computer users have never even heard of OSX.
falcorianAug 10, 2005
So if Apple takes the lead in the OS market... Do we get to start hating them? I fully support that product and/or service! :D