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Originally Posted by kermitology
One of my coworkers is the office Mac hound, so I told him what I thought of Apple.
Basically I challenged Apple to create something new, not just improve upon something existing, and then I asked him why OS X isn't available for a regular PC.. considering they're both x86. He had no idea.
I wonder if it has something to do with the multiple hardware configurations of regular PCs? It's just UNIX.. I mean ubuntu ran off the live disc on my laptop in 5 minutes. I even plugged in random peripherals and they just worked.. no drivers. What the hell Apple?
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Why reinvent the wheel?
OS X isn't available for standard hardward because Apple is primarily a hardware company. They want to sell you Apple hardware. It's not a question of whether it will run on commodity PC hardware. In fact, Michael Dell has been quoted as saying that he'll pre-install OS X on Dell hardware as soon if Apple will give him the green light.
Virtually everybody who has ever played with my Macs has gone out and bought one with absolutely no regrets. None of them would consider going back to Windows.
The beauty of Apple is the fact that they provide support for the hardware and the OS. If something goes wrong, there are way fewer variables to resolve. It makes a big difference for the average end user.
Ubuntu is great, but you really do need to be a geek to run it.
If I were buying a PC (shudder) I would head straight over to Computerrack on Macleod Trail and get them to build you one. They've built lots of machines for my clients with no problems at all. Great service and they know their stuff.