<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Yes, this is what I was seeing in the
new move.</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Think about it.</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Apple allow OSX to run on another platform.</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Many existing users decide not to upgrade
to a new Mac but get a cheaper alternative PC.</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Hardware sales for Apple drop.</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Sale of OSX rises a little as people
who own a PC give it a go but know (or find out too late) that most of
their existing software won't run on it.</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">or</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Apple don't allow OSX to run on other
platforms.</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Apple designs a Mac that dual boots
OSX and Windows giving them direct acces to the PC market. Perhaps they
even market the machine as "Get the best of both worlds"</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">*Existing* Mac user base remains relatively
same as they like OSX and can't use it elsewhere.</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">PC users learn that they can buy the
beautiful, reliable and fast Macs and still be able to run their existing
software on it.</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Apple's hardware sales increase.</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">PC users have their first play on OSX
coz it came bundled with the Mac.... and like it!!!</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Of course if Microsoft feel threatened
they can always revise their future Windows upgrades to rely on a hardware
setup/chip/whatever that the Mac doesn't have in order to run.</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Personally, I see doors opening for
us.</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">I was also thinking that Virtual PC
could be a thing of the past but the one thing Virtual PC does offer that
"dual boot" doesn't is the ability to have both platforms running
simultaneously, without having to boot in and out of different OS's.</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Now, if Apple can get OSX to be able
to run Windows based apps natively in OSX then that will really be SOMETHING!</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Cojcolds</font>
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<br><font size=1 face="sans-serif"><b>Ted Burton <egburton@cableone.net></b></font>
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<br><font size=2><tt>Consider: these Macs will run Windows directly, not
in emulation. <br>
Hence a Wintel dependent shop that appreciates industrial design will <br>
have the chance to buy Apple and change nothing else. The highest <br>
quality Windows box you can buy. Wintel folks can buy Apple.<br>
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Mac-centric folks can still buy Apple. And an Appletel box can
run <br>
Windows software in an Mac-centric shop. No one needs Virtual PC.<br>
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Hmmmm.<br>
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