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Originally Posted by s_wilwerding
.....If Apple really wants to kill MS, they can license OS X for any Intel device = MS is done.
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I don't see that happening.
Windows needs to run on a nearly infinite combination of hardware. Which to MSFT's credit it does very well. Windows would undoubtedly be a better product if it's compatibility list were smaller/controlled/limited.
And the impact would likely be limited to consumers.
The cost to corporations would be staggering.
We got a new President just as I had finished submitting a request for new hardware for my group. We are/were exclusively Apple.
He insisted we could get the same hardware from a PC vendor for far less.
So I went back, wrote up a budget for PC hardware, then added in the costs for dumping our Mac apps and replacing with Windows versions which by itself was 2-3x's more money than just buying new Apple hardware.