lol... the OSX comparision...
I can buy a 299.99 laptop (from multiple hardware vendors mind you) with windows.... by the time windows7 is ready, same laptop will be 249.99...
find me a Mac notebook that is 299.99 and I’ll by another copy of OSX just for back up...
fwiw.. I have OSX 10.5 running on a 4 year old dell d600... works pretty well, nice OS... seems rediculous to pay such a premium for the hardware... what’s Apple scared of, supporting more than 2 chipset configs?
Not scared; it's just not their business model.
Apple sells SYSTEMS, not software. The hardware and software are designed by Apple to work together. The result is a great experience for most users.
Apple would lose bigtime if they tried to sell OS-X for J-Random hardware-du-jour machines. Their business model is based on being a smaller player, for folks who want their particular feature mix.