[Ham-Mac] MacOS X x86 Intel Support

[Tod Glenn]

On Jun 6, 2005, at 9:08 PM, KD5NWA wrote:

> I saw a news article on Yahoo that mentioned that Apple was going  
> to use the same CPU that PC's use. No clue how accurate that is  
> since it didn't quote Apple on that.
>
> If they really go that way I have very mixed feelings about it.
>
> If it runs in regular PC motherboards with BIOS on it then I  
> wouldn't mind running OS X on some of my present PC's.
>
> Knowing Apple, they would probably use motherboards that use Open  
> Boot instead of a PC Bios. They can't compete in the regular PC  
> Motherboard market, the hardware is too cheap, and they always want  
> to lock out competition.

Apple's tight control of hardware is one of the reasons for a more  
stable OS.  Sun does exactly the same thing.  Besides, most PC  
hardware is crap.  You get what you pay for.  Buy a cheap computer  
and don't be surprised when it low cost components fail.