Why do you think that people will want to put OSX on a cheap Windows box?

BTW, try using the word "sell" instead of "sale". Maybe it the new American English :)

>No, I saying it would be a terrible thing for Apple to do (as every thing they sale is at a huge premium due to brand), but I suspect they will do it in time to pump up profits once they no longer have a visionary like Jobs around. So, I see it as bad for Apple and also bad for Microsoft (as it will drain people who buy cheap Windows boxes to finally be able to get the OSX for a bargain).
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>Just my thinking.
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>>>Just a thought here. I was thinking back yesterday about Steve Jobs. I remember programming on the Mac back when it was a 512 machine (back in 1984 or so I think). I remember a few years later when they dumped Jobs for a corporate dude (corporate dude = not always bright). Anyway, as they continued to slide downhill they eventually begin to sale a Mac compatible on non-Apple hardware for a while, and then when Jobs returned to the reigns in the mid 1990's I believe that was one of the first things that Jobs killed.
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>>>So, here is what I am thinking we "might eventually see." Now that Jobs is no longer in charge of the day to day operations, and with his health, it will only be a matter of time that he is no longer the head of the board of directors. I personally feel for him and wish him well, but he is sick for sure.
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>>>When he is truly gone and no longer with Apple, the guys that are now in place are basically number crunchers if you look at them. Numbers = profits on the bottom line.
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>>>In thinking about this, one of their biggest profit potentials that they have not tapped would be just to sale the OSX system without the hardware, just like Windows does now. It would run almost unmodified on any Intel/AMD as is, just needs a different installer basically. That would give Apple a tremendous chance to sale 100 and 100's of million of copies of OSX for Intel/AMD chip pc's no matter what the brand for $200 or $300 a shot.
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>>>I know if they would to do this, it would water down the cult feeling of Apple, as those computers wouldn't have that Apple logo you see in every TV show and Movie. But remember, the new guys are number crunchers and that would make a huge differerence in the bottom line - at least in the short term. I am sure some guy will sale the Apple logo on eBay, but who knows - Apple might even include one in the box.
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>>>Time will tell, but I think this will happen. Let me go ahead and be the first one to say it here.
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>>So are you saying that if they make the same mistake again its a good thing ?