Comment Re:Hindsight (Score 1) 434
"Lost effort" and "pissing off developers" is kind of immaterial - they've done it before and they'll do it again if the business environment warrants it. The real question is whether or not moving to x86 hardware would increase MacOS market share enough to make it worth the effort and the negatives you listed.
I think removing the hardware differences between Macs and PCs (anyone remember when "PC" used to mean "personal computer" and not "IBM-compatible"?) would cause MANY people to at least give MacOS a try. No one knows whether there'd be enough converts to make it worthwhile, though...
I think removing the hardware differences between Macs and PCs (anyone remember when "PC" used to mean "personal computer" and not "IBM-compatible"?) would cause MANY people to at least give MacOS a try. No one knows whether there'd be enough converts to make it worthwhile, though...
