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Re:On 2016 Apple: What do “Pro” users want? by r00fus on Wednesday November 16, 2016 @05:27PM (#12972197)
A nice dream, but who's going to build all the drivers? Or would you expect Apple to do some Windows-Certified / MFI type of program for driver compatibility?

Color me surprised if we ever see this, as this kind of approach almost killed Apple in the early 90s.

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Re:On 2016 Apple: What do “Pro” users want? by drinchev on Wednesday November 16, 2016 @06:07PM (#12972472)
My 2 cents :

1) Drivers already exist for a huge list of hardware, that can run macOS ( Hackintosh project did a lot of work on that part ). Maybe there will be some unofficial list of supported CPU / Motherboards, etc, for which list Apple will not care anyway ( NO WARRANTY part of the TOS ).

2) Apple nowadays earns millions from phones & tables. MacBooks / iMacs are not as big as they were a couple of years ago.

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Re:On 2016 Apple: What do “Pro” users want? by r00fus on Wednesday November 16, 2016 @07:54PM (#12973194)
So you're asking Apple to give up a proven revenue stream and full control of the platform for a chance to compete with Microsoft (as prominent desktop OS)?

Pretty sure you'll be waiting a long time for that, despite how awesome it may sound.

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