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Dell wants to sell PCs and laptops running OSX

post #1 of 19
5/5/06 at 1:27pm
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podcast interview with CEO Michael Dell - source PC magazine

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,1957396,00.asp
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post #2 of 19
5/5/06 at 2:54pm
I predict a giant wave of viruses!
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post #3 of 19
5/5/06 at 9:58pm
Wait for OSX 10.5. I predict that Apple and Intel will offer a chipset with Apple's customization of EFI and Michael Dell will announce a partnership with Apple at Macworld.
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post #4 of 19
5/6/06 at 11:38am
and my prediction will come true!!

What would that mean for games?
Lets say 40% of people buy an OSX system... how will game developers handle that?
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post #5 of 19
5/6/06 at 12:05pm
well - i guess game developers will always prefer windows, as it has better support.
however, don't forget that microsoft owns a lot of shares from apple. so it would be a win win situation for microsoft for people to go dual boot. the best of two worlds and sh**... one for gaming and compatibilty - one for style and stability..
wouldn't you love to join bills, steves and micheals little meetings would be sooo interesting to peep in there..
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post #6 of 19
5/6/06 at 1:28pm
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Originally Posted by Siul1313
and my prediction will come true!!

What would that mean for games?
Lets say 40% of people buy an OSX system... how will game developers handle that?

The more people using OSX, the better. Our hope is that everbody else follows Blizzard's lead and ships the Mac, Linux, and PC binaries on the same disk. It's much more cost effective in the long run for the orginial developers and publishers than porting houses. Creating a Mac binary isn't that hard in the scheme of things. It'd also free up Destineer and Aspyr to work on more original games.

From Apple's side, better OpenAL support and a better graphics implenmentation based on OpenGL 2.0 would be a start. A Game controller preference pane wouldn't hurt either.

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Originally Posted by gernot
well - i guess game developers will always prefer windows, as it has better support.
however, don't forget that microsoft owns a lot of shares from apple. so it would be a win win situation for microsoft for people to go dual boot. the best of two worlds and sh**... one for gaming and compatibilty - one for style and stability..
wouldn't you love to join bills, steves and micheals little meetings would be sooo interesting to peep in there..

Microsoft sold its non-voting shares years ago.
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post #7 of 19
5/6/06 at 2:49pm
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Originally Posted by benroethig
Microsoft sold its non-voting shares years ago.
Microsoft maybe, but not the board members
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post #8 of 19
5/6/06 at 2:51pm
What about direcX? Arent alot of games based on that? would we stop seeing direcX games?

BTW benroething thanks for the helpfull post.
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post #9 of 19
5/7/06 at 1:40am
I hope so. I hate closed standards.
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post #10 of 19
5/11/06 at 3:59pm
Sweet. I would love to have support on my i9300/MacBook
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post #11 of 19
5/12/06 at 12:25am
Michael Dell the ride is over!
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post #12 of 19
5/12/06 at 12:41am
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Sweet. I would love to have support on my i9300/MacBook

No offense, but I hope not. If there's support, it should be for computers using Apple's version of EFI only, No BIOS.
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post #13 of 19
5/13/06 at 3:49am
Dell and OSX

Sheesh... I hope not...
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post #14 of 19
5/13/06 at 9:37am
I don't understand the animosity for Macs sold by Dell. If Apple were to license OSX to Dell, it would only increase overall marketshare of the Mac OS. They already share the same ODM manufacturers (Compal, Quanta) for their laptops.
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post #15 of 19
5/13/06 at 1:34pm
I doubt it. if dell sold OS X on their computers, why would I pay for an apple when I can get a dell for cheaper. This means apple would lose out on people purchasing thier hardware, over others.
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post #16 of 19
5/13/06 at 3:50pm
HP sold iPods.

I could see Apple and Dell getting into a deal like the HP iPod deal: Apple and Dell come up with a logo incorporating the Apple and Dell logos; Apple makes the computers with the new logos and sells them to Dell; Dell sells the computers to the consumer for the same prices that Apple sells them at; everybody is mostly happy—Apple gets wider distribution and Dell gets to sell computers with OS X.

Truthfully there's nothing to stop Dell from becoming an Apple reseller now if they really wanted to.
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post #17 of 19
5/16/06 at 12:00pm
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Originally Posted by jami1
I doubt it. if dell sold OS X on their computers, why would I pay for an apple when I can get a dell for cheaper. This means apple would lose out on people purchasing thier hardware, over others.

Not unless Dell's machines start looking like Apples and more upwards in price because of it. Apple is a premium computer maker for those with more upscale tastes. Dell and HP are for those who want something cheap and practical. There is more than enough room for everyone to exist. Not everyone wants the same computer.
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post #18 of 19
5/16/06 at 12:02pm
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post #19 of 19
5/16/06 at 4:55pm
Okay...that's just...stupid? Is that the word I'm looking for?
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