Future Apple product to let PCs run Mac OS X?

[Nomad559]

http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/index.cfm?NewsID=14326&Page=1&pagePos=1

Apple's Boot Camp software may emerge as a far larger deal than it seems, according to a leading tech opinion-maker.

Looking at the beta software, and speculating on the new rapprochement between Apple and Microsoft, Robert Cringley predicts that Apple will release a product that's similar to Boot Camp but which lets owners of 32-bit PCs run Mac OS X as well as Windows.

"I predict that Apple will settle on 64-bit Intel processors, and at that time will announce a product similar to Boot Camp to allow OS X to run on bog-standard 32-bit PC hardware, turning the Boot Camp relationship on its head and trying to sell $99 copies of OS X to 100 million or so Windows owners," he writes.

He also observes that Microsoft stands to benefit from Boot Camp by selling retail copies of XP - and states that he "knows" the software will also support Windows Vista in future.

[reprobate]

1. Yep, you could read it in the cards. Some of us saw it coming.

Like here

[cheezus]

2. What makes OS X, OS X is Cocoa

and Cocoa is basically NeXTSTEP/OpenStep, which has run on Windows in the past. The old Mac API are called Carbon in OS X, and parts of carbon run on Windows already in the form on QuickTime and iTunes.

I think it'll be a good way to sell the Mac experience.

[benburch]

3. And Apple hardware is still light years ahead of PC clones.

And competitively priced.

Apple stands to own the computer industry in 5-6 years.

[Swamp Rat]

4. I wish I had money to buy stock

I'd love to eat a tiny chunk of Apple. :9