In article <party-3DF768.19135313062005@news-fe-02.texas.rr.com>, Hugh Gibbons <party@my.house.com> wrote:
> In article <120620052125245093%rag@nospam.techline.com>, > Randall Ainsworth <rag@nospam.techline.com> wrote: > > > In article <party-1A4F92.18364712062005@news-fe-01.texas.rr.com>, Hugh > > Gibbons <party@my.house.com> wrote: > > > > > Who says they're going to make it able to run on standard PCs? > > > > If you guys would pay attention, only Apple-branded boxes will be able > > to run OS X. > > If they don't, they're inhibiting users crossing over from Windows to > Mac. Why wouldn't they want to do that? Isn't most of the money in > operating systems sales?
No, Apple makes far more money off hardware than software. I saw the figures recently, though I can't remember where just now, but the difference was on the order of 4-5 times more on hardware. -- fudo can be reached at spamblocked d o t c o m