Request for Linux IDE to build for Android submitted

[Roger Eller]

Apple would have to be VERY specific as to "compatible hardware".  The
hackintosh community at TonyMacX86 dot com have done all the leg work
already.  There are a sub-set of PC hardware, motherboards, CPU's video
cards, etc. that in the right combination, allows OS X to actually
'believe' it is running on real Apple hardware.  So, Apple would only need
to support the recommended sub-set, although there may be a few outliers
that it still works on.

When Steve was still around, the community petitioned for this, in hopes
that Apple would see enough requests to make it profitable.  Sadly, the
numbers were low because only techies really attempt this kind of
black-magic. Mainstream users would want a disk they can put in and have it
"just work", which it certainly would - on the right hardware.

~Roger


On Sat, May 26, 2012 at 2:10 PM, Colin Holgate wrote:

> I think this makes sense, if the buyer has to pay the same price that Mac
> users have to pay for Windows. Windows 7 Ultimate (the equivalent version
> to OSX, because OSX does't come in cut-down variations) has a retail price
> of $320. Lion sells for $30. Now, to be fair you would have had to
> installed Snow Leopard in order to order Lion, you could argue that the
> effective price is $160. That's still half the price of Windows. Apple
> could make a straight to Lion product for perhaps $150, which could be
> enough income to be worth the trouble, and still be less than half the
> price of Windows.
>
> One issue though is that it could lead to a huge amount of support for all
> the variations of PC hardware people might use it on.
>
>
>  On May 26, 2012, at 1:01 PM, Roger Eller wrote:
>
> > Violations aside, Apple makes a nice OS, and nicely designed hardware.
> > Hobbyists (and pros) want this cool looking iStuff, but without the hefty
> > pricetag.  I 'personally' don't see a problem with a hobbyist BUYING a
> copy
> > of OS X, and installing it on their own custom hardware for fun (not
> > profit).
>
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