[Ti] Will Apple drop its OS?

[Tristan Gulyas]

Hi,

My two cents worth - the day Apple offers Windows pre-loaded as a 
replacement for Mac OS X with an Intel-based Mac is when you can start to 
worry.  Until then, I can imagine few people who would buy a MacBook Pro 
just to run Windows (but there is a market out there which Apple will not 
benefit from).

This is a good feature for me - since I carry both a PC and Mac notebook 
with me.  I'm comfortable with using the PC for 'everything else' plus I 
have some specific network tools I run on the PC, but for unix-based stuff 
and multimedia, you just can't beat the applications or the interface on a 
Mac.

Quite frankly, if Apple produce hardware that is up to date compared to Dell 
systems, I'd go the Apple for my next PC notebook.  Microsoft could argue 
that because the system isn't pre-loaded with Windows, there is an incentive 
for piracy.

Maybe I can sell my powerbook and Dell notebooks and buy a MacBook Pro.... 
hmm.

.t

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Ameeti" <Robert at Ameeti.net>
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Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2006 10:28 AM
Subject: Re: [Ti] Will Apple drop its OS?


> At 2:17 PM -0700, 4/5/06, 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;
>
> The pressure for developers to develope Mac software will not change 
> unless the user base's desires change.
>
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