> I was looking at this thing.  I haven't allowed any Macs in my business, but
> I was thinking with the built in wireless and a Metaframe box (for Win32
> emulation) I could have a kick butt network and never have to run cords
> again.

I dunno what you need win32 for (i have a modern working pc with win2k but
rarely use it) but Virtual PC on a G4 must FLY.

> But the BSD core, totally open source - people have gotten that to compile
> for an Intel processor.  Doesn't do much without the Mac Gui, but it works.
> Which brought me to a dream I hope to see:

OS X is so much more though... NeXTStep (Cocoa), OS 9/Carbon, JAVA2 (yes
JAVA2), JAVA2 compiled NeXTStep hybrid OS X apps, UNIX apps, full BSD... its
incredibly, and open source to boot! 0_0  Seriously though... get 1 cube and
have like 20 low end iMacs... then have em all boot remotely from an OS X
server WIRELESSLY ^_-

> Steve Jobs on the stage, doing his bit with charismatic flair that he's so
> well known for.  Behind him on a giant screen he's showing off Mac OS XI,
> with the same core BSD and new features.  But then the curtain is revealed
> to show a...Dell computer?  Yes, the new Mac OS XI will run on either a G5,
> or an Intel processor.  Sure, it will run better, faster, more stable on the
> G5, but it runs just fine on an Intel, and he's got industry support from
> video, sound, and other hardware makers.  And with the open source core,
> drivers and programs are easy to write, and the GUI API is open for
> everyone.

They way AIM has been going?  I wouldn't be TOO surprised to see an AMD ONLY
version of OS X... Intel is so 90s... (well 70s but I was giving them a
freebie)

> Next thing you know, Mac OS XI is running everywhere, better and faster than
> anything from Microsoft.  Bill Gates tries to downplay it, but it's too
> late - people are hooked, developers are writing programs like crazy, even
> the Linux crowd gets interested because of the open source core.  Microsoft
> is regulated to just selling servers, but can't compete with Sun, Oracle,
> and Linux on the server end.  But the wimpering from Redmond can't be heard
> from far away as in Japan you hear:

Ah but with the price of the low end iMac and an OS X server you've got a
modern NeXTStep lab with all the trimming less the wires!

> Skuld:  Hey, check out what I got!  (Pulls out her new G5 from the box.)
> Isn't it beautiful?  (Starts caressing the sides in a way that young
> teenagers just shouldn't know about, but geeks know from birth.)  Let's see
> how Doom 2000 runs!
> Urd:  Looks like a box.

Skuld: Wow steve I like the new G5 Cube, 4 inches is impressive, but It'll
just never compete with Mister G5 my handy dandy wrist watch...

Steve: Hey we can sell those as accessories at out new Apple GAP stores...

In Unision: Ah, I'm SUCH a Genius...

(Please people don't encourage me there's vague fan fic potential here and i
don't wanna know who would win in an all out battle between Steve Jobs and
Mini Urd...)

> And soon the house is filled with the sounds of shotguns, demons, and Urd
> and Skuld fighting over the mouse.  ("Use the shotgun!" "Not on a
> Cyberdemon, Urd.  Duh!")

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