OSX on a Dell?  Over Steve’s Dead Body!

Posted by Kristin Wenzel Categories: Corporate News, PC / Laptop, Software

Michael Dell, of Dell Computers, has noted that should Apple “decide to open the MacOS to others,” they’d be glad to offer it up over at Dell.

Over Steve Jobs’ dead body, I’m guessing the answer will be.  Some of the panicked mac-enthusiasts, however, are blinded by paranoia after the announcement that Intel will be Apple’s new chip supplier starting in 2006, and see a bleak future for the OS.  I’m going to put a stop to this here and now, everyone. When are people going to get it through their heads that just because Intel is going to be Apple’s new chip supplier, the world isn’t ending?  It’s hardware, the OS is to remain the same.  Apple isn’t going to offer MacOS on non-Apple computers, they’ve already said it.  I believe MacDailyNews said it best:

It’s a processor. A lump of silicon. Would we have preferred to have PowerPC if it could deliver what Apple needs? Sure. But, if Apple thinks they can get better performance in the future from Intel than from International “Where’s That 3GHz G5 You Promised Us Last year?” Business Machines, so be it. What’s next, are some Mac users going to burst a blood vessel if Apple changes hard drive suppliers?

Seriously.  If people really think that just because Apple switched to a different supplier for one of their components, we’re likely to see MacOS X running on Dell’s computers, I’ve got a mile of oceanfront property in Nevada to sell them.  Ain’t gonna happen.

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