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To: Bush2000
But I wonder whether the XBox 360 will actually be much less expensive than Apple's bargain basement machines and therefore attract OSX users. XBox 360 is expected to start somewhere around $400

Yeah, but the Xbox has 3 3.2GHz PPCs versus a single 1.25/1.4GHz in the Mini. Even at $500 I'd pick up at least one if they could run OS X or Linux (which as you note Microsoft will try very hard to prevent).

An even more interesting question (as you suggest) is what the Mac faithful will have to say, if Apple does in fact turn to Intel

Some will be upset, most won't care. I agree that some have an irrational dislike of Intel due to their ties to Windows, but the vast majority would prefer an x86 Mac running OS X to a PPC box running Linux or Windows.

(which I'm skeptical about, to say the least)

Same here. The end result of Macs running on x86 is neutral or positive, but I don't see a way to get there that doesn't cause Apple a huge amount of pain. But maybe I'm not thinking different enough, we'll see in 18 hours.

99 posted on 06/05/2005 5:42:31 PM PDT by ThinkDifferent (These pretzels are making me thirsty)
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To: ThinkDifferent
It would be very interesting, indeed, if Apple were to go the route of Microsoft on Intel hardware; licensing OS X for Intel to all major OEMs (Dell, Gateway, etc). That would pit Apple against MS on the same hardware and could radically reshape the PC business forever. Hell, I would definitely consider a dual-boot machine running both Windows and OS X. So would a lot of people.

As long as Apple prices its OS reasonably, it could marginalize Linux. Apple would run on the same hardware currently owned by Windows and Linux -- and many people would argue that it offers the benefits of Unix and the usability that Macs are known for. I would much rather see a commercial form of Unix taking market share from Microsoft than Linux. This would be an outstanding development.
101 posted on 06/05/2005 5:56:10 PM PDT by Bush2000 (Linux -- You Get What You Pay For ... (tm)
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