henry.oswald Posted August 10, 2006 Share Posted August 10, 2006 I would love to buy os x for the pc do you think they will ever bring it out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
INFNITE Posted August 10, 2006 Share Posted August 10, 2006 not in the near future. the Apple community has way too much pride to begin selling Mac OS X to beige boxes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henry.oswald Posted August 10, 2006 Author Share Posted August 10, 2006 im a mac man but i cant afford a powerfull mac, my mac mini just isnt enough! grrr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pojodojo Posted August 10, 2006 Share Posted August 10, 2006 Apple relys on thier Hardware sales too much to just switch to selling the OS. If you could but the OS, no one would buy Apple hardware because it is the same, just triple the price. However, I think if they can get enough of the operating system market share, they may be able to one day switch to just selling and OS and software. This is nearly impossible though due to the monopoly M$ has on the market. I for one cannot afford a macbook, if I could I would purchase one, so in a way, Apple is forcing me to run it on my PC, and M$ is forcing them. So basically we can still blame M$ for all our problems. The end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baliw Posted August 10, 2006 Share Posted August 10, 2006 I for one cannot afford a macbook, if I could I would purchase one, so in a way, Apple is forcing me to run it on my PC, and M$ is forcing them. So basically we can still blame M$ for all our problems. The end. You are blaming MS because the computer you bought have Windows pre-installed. C'mon get real. If you don't want MS products get a computer without any OS pre-installed and install Linux problem solved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bwhsh8r Posted August 10, 2006 Share Posted August 10, 2006 after Jobs dies.... thats all i have to say.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin_4e Posted August 11, 2006 Share Posted August 11, 2006 I don't think it will happen ever. That's just the way Apple figures they will do best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheQuantumByte Posted August 11, 2006 Share Posted August 11, 2006 Well you can...but not legally. Some pirated shops sell OSx86 for PC "retail edition" as a complete install DVD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mifki Posted August 11, 2006 Share Posted August 11, 2006 Stop bringing it up, NO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragon Posted August 11, 2006 Share Posted August 11, 2006 it is possible that it might happen though... apple was purely a hardware company when it was making powerpc chips but now that they have turned intel they aren't much different from pc's so the hardware side of it isn't going to be why people buy the macs anymore, i think that there won't be much different about the 2 besides the operating system and that's when apple will turn into a software company. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pojodojo Posted August 11, 2006 Share Posted August 11, 2006 You are blaming MS because the computer you bought have Windows pre-installed. C'mon get real. If you don't want MS products get a computer without any OS pre-installed and install Linux problem solved. I built my computer, therfore no Windows preinstalled. I run Linux/Windows/OSX on various machines in my house. My statement there was meant as a sarcastic one to blame M$ for all the worlds problems, I'm sorry I didn't lay it on thick enough for you. it is possible that it might happen though... apple was purely a hardware company when it was making powerpc chips but now that they have turned intel they aren't much different from pc's so the hardware side of it isn't going to be why people buy the macs anymore, i think that there won't be much different about the 2 besides the operating system and that's when apple will turn into a software company. I don't think Apple has ever made chips, Apple was, and still is, a hardware distributor, just as Dell is, both of whom seem to be going more into the marketing business more than anything else, Apple just happens to have it's own OS. They never made the hardware, PPCs were and are still made by Motorola, the mobos, RAM, HDD... are all made by thier respective manufacturers such as Intel. i.e. Apple has never been a hardware manufacturer, they were and still are merely a assembly/distributor such as Dell. They just happen to have thier own, far superior OS, which they can tailor to the hardware, and vice versa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragon Posted August 12, 2006 Share Posted August 12, 2006 i didn't mean a hardware manufacturer when i said "hardware company" i just meant hardware distributor and my point was that apple's purpose is selling macintosh computers as an alternative to pcs, not their OS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacApprentice Posted August 12, 2006 Share Posted August 12, 2006 PPCs were and are still made by Motorola PPC are being made by IBM for years now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
INFNITE Posted August 12, 2006 Share Posted August 12, 2006 actually PowerPC G5's are made by IBM and PowerPC G4's are made by Freescale, which is a company spun off from Motorola Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragon Posted August 14, 2006 Share Posted August 14, 2006 what i was saying was that the transition to intel will turn apple into a software company Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anantha11 Posted August 17, 2006 Share Posted August 17, 2006 what i was saying was that the transition to intel will turn apple into a software company dont forget the ipod an various other devices. but yes its main market'the mac' will go into the software side making it a fully opposing company to ms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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