[Ti] Will Apple drop its OS?

[John Griffin]

I have the feeling that the next step is that Apple will start  
selling a version of OS X that will run on Dells and HPs and etc.  
Windows users will then get a taste of what the Mac OS can do and how  
safe and stable it is and many will gradually migrate to the Apple  
system.

Also, I can predict that Apple will build more incentives in OS X to  
convice users to buy the Apple hardware as well as the software. They  
are genius’ at building in new features that will run better (or  
only) on newer Apple machines which will gradually convince some die- 
hard Windows users to “switch.”

Microsoft and Apple are going to have a very interesting new  
battlefield to go to war on and I believe the outcome will be a much  
larger piece of the computer pie for Apple. Most computer analysts  
have rated the Mac operating system as being superior to Windows, so  
we are about to see a great opportunity for people to discover why.

First it was the MP3 player, now they have their sights set on the PC  
once again. It’s about time!

jg

On 5-Apr-06, at 5:17 PM, Timothy D. Naegele wrote:

> With more people using Windows on their Macs (e.g., because of "Boot
> Camp"), will software developers feel the need to develop software to
> run on Apple's OS; and if they are less inclined to do so, will Apple
> eventually abandon its OS?
>
> I believe Mac OS X is terrific, and I would consider abandoning Apple
> if it dropped its OS, at least in part because we pay a premium for
> Apple hardware.  I hope I am wrong that the move to Windows (see,
> e.g., http://blogs.forbes.com/digitaldownload) might foretell a future
> without Mac OS.
>
> Also, so far during the month of April, there seem to be very few
> posts to this list.  Are its wonderful contributors abandoning it for
> other lists?  If so, which one is preferable?
>
> Thanks, as always.
>
> Timothy D. Naegele
> www.naegele.com
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