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Re:Video Pros Moving from Mac to Windows for High-End GPUs by ansible on Friday February 24, 2017 @10:51AM (#13724699)
Yes, Apple could license their operating system to just one high-tier desktop hardware company, and ensure that the power users will stay in the Apple ecosystem.

Somebody who will sell a high-end desktop system with: dual-socket Xeons, gobs of ECC memory, lots of storage, multiple 16x PCIe slots, and a very limited selection of high-end graphics cards.

That would satisfy the power users, and wouldn't cost them anything.

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Re:Video Pros Moving from Mac to Windows for High-End GPUs by mrweasel on Friday February 24, 2017 @01:42PM (#13726345)
They would pay the same price Microsoft does to support random hardware. More importantly, it also wouldn't gain much. As others pointed out, the high-end workstation is barely a business for Apple.

Sure they are losing customer, but compared to the hoards of students buying Apple laptops or iPhone customers, it not really an issue.

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