If OS X were written to make it as runnable on a generic PC as Windows is, it would have to become as big and bloated as Windows. Even if that were done, it would still be compatible to the same chorus of hardware compatibility whines as any Windows installation.
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Apple could release 10 slam dunk easy configurations each year. That others could emulate. Others being companies such as Dell, smaller companies and computer enthusiasts
Apple could easily cover these configurations. They already do it for their own desktops
Apple could release 10 slam dunk easy configurations each year. That others could emulate. Others being companies such as Dell, smaller companies and computer enthusiasts Apple could go to the trouble of writing an OS X for some small number of specified PC configurations, but the PC users would still bitch about the "limitation on their freedom." Meanwhile, those PC configurations would represent more regression testing time bogging down each OS X release.