Yes, that would be very cool. And I say that as a happy OS X user. Competition in that space would be good for the customers. Unfortunately all the workstation companies went down the drain. SGI, Sun, etc. But who knows what the future holds in store?
Dell has done some interesting work with ubuntu on developer edition laptops as far as I understand, focused on support and good drivers etc.
http://www.dell.com/us/business/p/xps-13-linux/pd http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2015/01/dell-updates-linux-po...
Oh, I agree with you wholeheartedly. I just wish OS X moved forward instead of backwards.
Re:I Quit: What really goes on at Apple
by superuser2 on Thursday April 09, 2015 @05:07PM
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>I would agree to pay about $200
You would, everyone else would download the CentOS equivalent, and as consumers we don't need the assurances of first-party enterprise support.
Re:I Quit: What really goes on at Apple
by jvictor118 on Thursday April 09, 2015 @01:19PM
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This. Most devs I know have Macs for precisely this reason -- software, not hardware. If anything, many would prefer the hardware (diversity) offered elsewhere.
Please, if someone can sell a Linux with the same polish as Mac OSX, and as low-administration time, I would agree to pay about $200 per year for it. I've switched away from Ubuntu after being unable to resolve a problem after upgrade two years ago (which cost me 4 days). I spend 2x more on computers for Macbooks, not because of the hardware but because of Mac OSX.
I don't know how large is the audience for a paid workproof Linux, but I wish someone would build it.