As I see it (ignoring all but MacOS, GNU/Linux, and Windows):<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
- Intel hardware can run GNU/Linux or Windows<br>
- PowerPC hardware can run GNU/Linux<br>
- PowerPC hardware--blessed by Steve Jobs, and sold for a lot of<br>
money--can run MacOS or GNU/Linux<br>
- Intel hardware--blessed by Steve Jobs, and sold for a lot of<br>
money--can run MacOS, GNU/Linux, or Windows<br>
<br>
So, you really feel it's worthwhile to pay for the /option/ of running<br>
MacOS even though you may choose to install GNU/Linux or Windows on that<br>
machine instead?<br>
<br>
Mike<br>
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<br>Before, in the PPC days, you were pretty much stuck with the OS X or a generally less stable, more obscure Linux experience (at least from what I know), and a dismal attempt at virtualizing windows. Now you can try OS X and if you ultimately determine that you're happy with it, you have a better option for correcting that misjudgment. Years ago, if you bought a $3,000 Power Mac G5, then realized you should have bought a $2,500 Xeon powered Dell workstation for whatever hypothetical software issue; rather than being out $5,500 to correct the mistake, you simply have to buy a copy of Windows. If that were a Xeon Mac Pro, you could make the change for a mere $600 ($100 to buy a new copy of windows, and $500 to account for what you overpaid for your initial hardware purchase). (this of course ignores the variable of selling the Mac hardware for who knows what price)<br>
<br>So now, Mr. Jobs can get people to try it his way with less risk. If they really don't like it, they can switch back to their comfy Windows for much less. <br></div></div><br>