Apple Inc (AAPL)

[roni]

Schiller, marketing, backlash, etc...

One would hope that Apple has learned some lessons since introducing the iPod for Windows. The specific lesson would be that increasing the pool of potential customers can increase hardware sales.

I will always have a Mac at home. I will never have one at work, unless.....I can boot XP on it and run SAS for Windows and SurveyPro on it. If Apple came out with a machine that could boot to Windows and the cost differential between it and a Windows box was not too great, I think I could pretty easily make the case that the college should buy one for me.

While I am a unique being, I am sure there are many others out there. I hypothesize that Apple will significantly reduce its sales if they lock out other OSs on their new Intel hardware. I sure hope they can find a way to control the installation of OS X on non-Apple boxes.

Apple should control when they want to sell OS X to Dell, HP and other boxmakers :)