[kingu]

Remember - just a little over a decade back, Apple DID turn lose of the hardware part - licensing the OS to 3rd party makers. The lesson learned by Apple - it nearly killed them.

A crippled edition was released to third parties, and only those who would only make Apple clones - bad bios chips, bad copies of the OS, it was a disaster by Apple's own choice, and people continue to buy the koolaid that only Apple can make an Apple.

[Spktyr]

Please provide proof of these “bad bios” chips and “bad copies of the OS.”

Considering that I spoke with the then-head of PowerComputing repeatedly at the time, I find this hard to believe.

[TheBattman]

Crippled? You must have some info I never heard. I knew some folks with clones (Starmax for one). Having played around with their machines vs. the one I owned at the time (a Genuine Apple), I never noticed any difference at all. In fact, the Starmax machine was approximately the same speed, but seems a bit quicker.

So I’m not sure what might have been “crippled”. As I said - I found zero differences at the time... but that has been quite a few years ago.