[X4U] Apple's move to Intel chips

[Johns Maillist]

I believe they have said, Mac OS will NOT be allowed to run on Non- 
Apple hardware, but other operating systems will not be restricted  
frm running on Mac hardware.
I see this (in my blurred on way) as saying Apple is an OS company,  
but if other OS's will run on Apple hardware, they are also a  
hardware company!
JMHO

On Jun 6, 2005, at 6:01 PM, Lars Bertelsen wrote:

> I think the real show stopper may be wheter the Apple engineers are  
> able to come up with a way to ensure that OS X on non-Apple  
> hardware will run as (more or less) predictably and reliably as we  
> have come to expect Mac OS to run.
>
> As long as there is any chance of people installing Mac OS on a run- 
> of-the-mill PC and getting the same kind of user experience you get  
> from running Windows on the same machine (you know, the "NOW what  
> is it doing?!?!?" kind that we'we all come to know and love;-) ),  
> Apple are probably _not_ going to risk their brand by allowing it.
>
> If they can overcome this problem, then I wouldn't be comfortable  
> at all trying to guess what they'll do...