Here is a good article about how keeping OSX off of generic x86 hardware is most likely going to fail...
http://www.cooltechzone.com/index.ph...k=view&id=1386
I can only imagine that it will just before a matter of time before there is a way around whatever protection Apple puts in place.
IMO, I think they should allow it to run on generic hardware, and let it compete with MS directly. Apple has good design as far as the way their machines look, so I think they would still do very well in the hardware business. An Apple looks undoubtedly more aesthetically pleasing than anything Dell or HP has to offer. Between that and OS sales, I think they coudl really do pretty good for themselves.