On 6/8/05, at 3:57 PM, Oskar Lissheim-Boethius, <avocade at gmail.com> said: >Yes, but notice the word _allow_. Does this mean that there are no >special, secret components that will _prohibit_ you to run OS X on your >beige-box, and that Apple simply won't _license_ OS X to PC- >manufacturers? Crackers rejoice... :( A primary reason Apple's OSes have been so stable is that they only run on their hardware. Install on various and sundry Dells, eMachines, HPs, etc. and that stability would be history.