Here’s Some Keynote Speculation
There’s lots of talk about Steve announcing that Apple will be moving the entire Mac line over to Intel microprocessors during the next couple of years at the Keynote this morning. What if we’ve got it all wrong?
Keep in mind, this is purely speculation, fueled by a restless nights sleep and bad hotel coffee. But what if Apple has developed a version of OS X that will actually run on an X86 chip in conjunction with the PPC line? There have long been rumors of a group in Apple that were committed wholly to just that task. What if they’ve been successful? Kind of an “OS X LE” if you will. And rather than the “Classic” environment like we Mac users have, they’ve been able to do some kind of Windows emulation? I know - that’d be Redmond legal h-e double toothpicks…
Wouldn’t that be something, though? Instead of getting Win users to buy new hardware, all they have to do is buy a new OS and try it out. Heck, Windows users have to reinstall their OS every few months anyway, right? Naturally, it’s an LE version, so the cost is reduced. Say… $69. Now the interest of more Wintel users has been piqued. They’ve heard just how bullet proof OS X is, and will be able to see for themselves without having to layout cash for new hardware. Then there’s the whole licensing thing. If it caught on, well who knows. Bye-bye, Redmond.
Naturally, all of this would have ramifications on the hardware side of things for Apple. But since the cash is all in licensing, and being in business is all about making cash, it’s not totally improbable.
Like I said, this was just a mental tangent. It was fun for the moment. If any of it turns out to be right, I’ll have to give up my day job and join the circus as a fortune teller. “Jimbo, the Magnificent” - I can see it now…
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