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Message: HTML is not enabled. UBB Code™ is enabled.	[QUOTE]Originally posted by Danapoppa: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by dp004i: [qb]That was a bad move, IMHO - now people will find it much harder to justify spending two grand on a Power Mac, knowing that beneath the pretty exterior are the same parts that go into a sub-$1000 Dell.[/qb][/QUOTE]Consumers who make judgements based on superficial facts may feel this way, but a CPU is only one part. The big difference between a Mac and a Dell will be in the chipset and motherboard design, and in this regard I expect Apple will continue to seek innovative solutions to architecture problems. At the very least, I doubt you'll see a Mac with the GPU built into the chipset (which is what you get on cheap computers these days), except maybe at the very low end. [QUOTE]Originally posted by dp004i: [qb] Combine that with the fact that somebody might be able to find a way to hack OSX so it can run on non-Apple hardware, and they have a real problem on their hands.[/qb][/QUOTE]That is the big risk they're taking, but since they seem dead-set against letting OSX run on other machines, it's a cinch the OS will lack needed driver support for a lot of hardware not found on Macs. Hacking it may be possible, but I'd guess it won't be very easy at all. [QUOTE]Originally posted by dp004i: [qb]It would be nice if Apple finally decides to stop charging an arm and a leg for their hardware and gets their prices in line with the rest of PC makers, but that's probably just wishful thinking. I highly doubt we'll be seeing $800 Power Macs any time soon. [/qb][/QUOTE]Probably not, but then again you probably won't be seeing Power Macs with the GPU in the chipset, either. I'd hope Apple would try to maintain their reputation for quality hardware design, and they must charge something for that, because it doesn't come cheap. Wishing for an $800 Power Mac is like asking for a Ferrari at Fiat prices. You'll end up getting what you paid for. That said, I think the prices will come down a bit. And even if they don't, the cost-performance of the new Macs will be just amazing! You'll get a machine that can run OSX, Windows, and Linux ... in fact, I'd be very surprised if Apple doesn't offer Macs with Windows preinstalled, if not as a standard feature, then at least as a BTO option. ...And if that happens, all those hemming and hawing gamers out there who have spent the last few years saying "Gee, I love OSX, but it sucks that few games get ported to the Mac" will no longer have an excuse not to buy Apple hardware. For that matter, anyone who wants to use OSX but can't get rid of Windows and can't justify buying two machines will suddenly have the option of buying one machine that can do both. Even if that one machine is slightly more expensive, isn't it worth it? That's what Apple's betting on, I think. [/QB][/QUOTE]