Solving Apple's Delima

[Frisco]

This guy makes much more sense then the "take on Microsoft and take their ass down in 4 easy steps" crowd.

I still insist that Apple hasn't got a problem.

Great read on Licensing and Marketshare! Thanks for the link!

 

[macsrus]

OSX for x86 would not work. Too many devices that would have to be added support for. Thus OSX would loose some of it's appeal (I can for instance install OSX to a FW drive and boot off of it on any Mac within the last 4 years - Windows 2000 refused to boot on from an internal drive which wasn't in the original computer I installed 2000 in). We have one place to download drivers from - Apple.com, Windows users have to keep track of what internals they have and frequently visit sites for driver updates (Nvidia, Intel/Asus, Creative, etc). Also, Steve Jobs believes Apple shouldn't be going for market share right now.

While I do agree all of this has been covered a hundred times before...

I disagree with this post...
OS X already does work on the PC.... as Darwin... And porting the quartz and aqua would not be that hard to do...

Linux can run on almost everything under the sun... and OS X could also with a little kernel work...
That being said It isnt going to happen.... So just forget it...

As far as your comments about JOBS not being concerned with market share right now....
It wouldnt matter anyway...

Apple is a niche market computer company and thats all it ever was and ever will be...
If you are happy with their products like I am then buy em...
But dont ever expect a higher market share than you have now... because it hasnt changed in 20 years...

 

[applebum]

BTW, no one has yet given me a quip about my opinion of Apple cash stockpile .

Well let me be the first - you are correct, you don't make money by stockpiling it. Apple is/are (depending on wether you view it as the company or the people) not putting that money in their mattress so to speak. The wonderful thing about that cash pile is the potential that accompanies it. If they did decide to run OSX on the "other side" they could maybe buy a company like say e-machines and completely control what computers have OSX; or if Microsoft decided they didn't want to make Office for the Mac anymore, they could purchase the rights to that code and rename it or even develop their own Office Suite (yes I realize that this is already rumored to be happening). Or if their business model suddenly went down the crapper and they stopped making money, they have plenty of cash to stay in business and develop a whole new philosophy. There is so much that you can do with cash. I don't think the plan is for Apple to keep that stockpile forever - just until they have decided what they want to do with it.

*** I am certainly not saying Apple would do any of the things mentioned above, I am just pointing out what can be done with great stores of cash. If anyone has any other examples, please feel free to post them ***

 

[LethalWolfe]

While I do agree all of this has been covered a hundred times before...

I disagree with this post...
OS X already does work on the PC.... as Darwin... And porting the quartz and aqua would not be that hard to do...

I don't think he meant you couldn't rewrite OS X to run on all x86 hardware I think he meant it wouldn't be a wise business decission to do so.


Lethal