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RSSThe new raging war: Set Mac OS X Free?
Aug 14
Apple, Computer, Mac, Technology No Comments
A new set of ‘bash’ videos on YouTube have sprung up the last few days relating the topic of whether releasing the operating system, Mac OS X, to the PC world’s hardware and whether this is a good idea or not for Apple.
What do you think – Good idea…? Bad idea…?
Advantages – Imagine the market share Apple could gain over Microsoft if people started using OS X on a cheaper option of basic hardware provided by PC companies… Apple would be even further out into the world of computing – there are people who would like OS X any day – but simply can’t afford to buy a whole new Mac computer – a more affordable option would to upgrade to the better looking Vista – but then if OS X was ’set free’ people could upgrade to OS X fast, easily, and cheaply. Apple could gain lots of market share and lots of money in the first few weeks of releasing OS X – trust me, people would wait for that. Plus, this way, people would be no longer restricted to the strict desktop options of Mac Mini… iMac.. OR Mac Pro. Thats 3 choices for the Mac desktop market. There’s millions for Windows that OS X could compete with.
Disadvantages – Some say (and is almost proven ‘fact’) that the reason OS X works so well with far less issues, viruses, security faults is because of the hardware OS X runs alongside with. People running OS X on PC’s would experience large problems and would blame Apple for the faults, creating a bad image – possibly damaging other sales such as iPod’s or iPhone’s. Plus, if you wanted a cheap Mac, you wouldn’t go for the Mac mini, you’d get something bigger and better made by a company such as Dell or HP and find OS X running on it – for much better value. Hardware sales at Apple would go down the drain and completely FAIL.
My thoughts – Well, I could bet any money this would never happen – but there’s always that chance. I would prefer the OS X to stay with Apple hardware so I can continue to get great performance from side-by-side software and hardware intergration as my only choice.
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