Re:Beginning of the Post-Windows Era (Score 1)

No, I think a majority of the Mac's appeal is the 'cool' design of the hardware.

Also, I think the Mac and OSX team want to have full control on both the hardware and the software that goes out with the Apple brand on it. The NEXT OS team got their fingers burnt in the early 90's when they moved the NEXT OS onto PC boxes and Apple lost hardware revenue when they licensed OS9 to OEM's.

The senior people at Apple lived through those events and I can't see any preasure from investors to change strategies at the moment.