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I’ve just read in today’s Windows IT Pro magazine network<\/a> WinInfo Daily Update that Intel-based Macs will be able to run Windows<\/a> (which presumably means they can also run Linux, or any other x86 operating system). I probably will buy a Mac Mini<\/a> then (once they go to Intel too)… maybe I could find a way to turn it into a media centre PC (I could just use Front Row<\/a> I guess) – a very nice set top box that would be…<\/p>\n

I do think that Apple are missing a trick though by restricting OS X to Apple hardware. Surely software margins are much higher than (even Apple’s premium-priced) hardware margins.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’ve just read in today’s Windows IT Pro magazine network WinInfo Daily Update that Intel-based Macs will be able to run Windows (which presumably means they can also run Linux, or any other x86 operating system). 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