Thursday, November 1, 2007

Why Apple Hates Us?

Last week Apple shipped their latest upgrade to their world-class operating system: OSX 10.5 Leopard. I guess many of you have heard that already. I guess you already know that OSX now supports Mac computers based on Intel's x86 chip architecture. The same one that runs under the hood of almost every personal computer in the world.
So, the question is: Why not modify OSX to run on any PC and not just Mac? If you wonder about the feasibility of this idea, note that a hacker succeeded in doing it already with OSX 10.4.8. If Apple do that, I guess that many MS-Windows users will shift their preferences to Mac's OSX for various reasons.
  1. First, this is a fine looking OS. And it does that without being memory and CPU greedy relative to MS-Windows.
  2. Second, it is more stable than Windows, due to its internal kernel which is based on Unix/Linux basis.
  3. Third, most (maybe all) of the important software is running on OSX just as well as on MS-Windows. Including some must-haves like MS-Office. This will solve many of current Linux users, who have to settle for less popular software substitutes, like Open-Office.
So, if so many people are likely to leave their Windows in favor of Mac OSX, why not do it? I guess that a move like this may sell millions, maybe hundreds of millions, of licenses, each worth around $129. Why not?

There are only three explanations: One, Apple is afraid of MS. Maybe they are afraid that MS will stop developing for Mac OSX and cut the branch of the tree on which Mac users are sitting. The second Apple are too short sighted and they prefer to sell hardware (iMacs, iBooks, iEtcs.) instead of software. The last one is that they simply hate us, the simple users. Why?

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