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Originally Posted by Ustwo
Stop trying to be a hardware vendor and work on the OS market.
I'd buy the Mac OS and use it for a lot of things, especially if I could dual boot, but I'm not going to be forced to buy their overpriced hardware to do so.
Right now Mac's greatest appeal is to those who don't know how to configure a computer, and those who want to feel superior to "M$" users but can't figure out how to boot Linux. Lets face it the best marketing tool mac has had in ages is Vista, I even thought of getting a mac instead of dealing with Vista.
Mac is in a good niche market these days but if it wants to be anything beyond the 'artists' computer it needs to drop the hardware rules.
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I think this is the least possible of all scenarios. Steve and the company are very clear that the strength of their position is built on the ability to design both the hardware and the software -- their interaction. OS X is great, but much of the mojo comes from the same walled garden that people complain about.
Linux has nothing to do with the conversation. Money is made by the majority of the market, not the fringe that has the understanding and motivation to download and compile kernels. When it is more usable, Linux may well be king.