Hacker News Reader

Comment by wenbert | Hacker News Reader

I wish they would sell Mac OS X that run on non-apple hardware. I would save so much money and love apple again.

It's a common misconception that PC hardware is cheaper. If you compare a normal PC to a Mac Pro - Hardware for hardware you'll save ~$5 on the price of the PC.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/apple-mac-leopard-window...

(Article is a bit old; would love to see if with a 27" iMac. I doubt that you could get a PC equivalent for cheaper.)

What about in laptops? I could easily find a laptop that is half the price of a Macbook Pro but with the same specs.

And they would make so little money and go out of business.

Apple's not a software vendor. OS X is nice, yes, but it's a value-add to entice you to buy physical devices from them.

Apple thinks they are a hardware vendor, but their users just want the UI software. When clone vendors were allowed to sell MacOS with near-commodity hardware, users promptly abandoned Apple's outrageous boutique hardware and flocked to the clones. Now Apple sells near-commodity hardware with just enough custom junk to screw tinkerers (e.g., you still can't buy a motherboard up the street).

I'd agree if it were still the mid 90s but it's 2010 — Apple Computer Inc are now Apple Inc, a major OS X release has been stunted by a phone and an update of their laptops has been pushed aside for the release of a tablet. Apple are a hardware vendor but I don't think their users focus on computers anymore, hence nor do they.

How is Apple doing it? Microsoft even did not get away with IE with Windows.

Reply on news.ycombinator.com