Mac OS X forum: apple computers and apple OS X

"Define the phrase "Build" - New!
by cyberpoet - 02/02/07 5:21 AM
In reply to: store in rockingham NH by mshazer
Although you can't build the motherboard, power supply and case..."

ok then define "can't". if it were not possible to "build" a mac motherboard, power supply and or case then the mac would not exist.
the same can be said for any product. someone somewhere has to be able to "build" or manufacture these things.
i did read the whole post by the way and know the context in which it was originaly posted.

i like both mac and pc (there i said it). both have ups and downs.
i like mac for its ease of use and zero viruses. i like pc for the outer casing appearance. i find the mac case to be too wishy washy looking and too slick for my personal taste. i do however hate windows. i only use it cuz i'm looking for a way to take the perfect inards of a mac (intact) and give them a pc case. or at least a more rugged one that doesnt look like its made of fine porcelain or cristal wear that mom keeps on the top shelf and is not to be touched lest it scratch the finish.
yes i am a new member and yes i know i sound silly and yes i know im a noob and yes i know i dont know squat and yes i know this is my first post. and no i dont work for gates or microsoft or wazniac or apple or at a retail store.

As for OS X on Macs only, that's not a monopoly, as there is an alternative: PC with Windows. It is a package deal, and the market is computers -- more than one choice for computers is allowed.

And the pricing isn't that far off, so that's not an issue... if you want upgradeability, get a Mac Pro...

That was a good try at answering the question, but it's inaccurate.

There are WAY more than two architectures. m68k, MIPS, Alpha, Sparc, Itanium, AMD64, EMT64, PowerPC, and i386 is a reasonable, but not complete, list. There's no "IBM architecture" - IBM came up with PowerPC, which is what Macs used to use. The i386 (also known as x86) architecture is what most PCs use.

Yes, the PowerPC chips were also made by Motorola, but Macs no longer use them. Macintoshes now come with i386 and EMT64 chips. Windows does not currently support PowerPC, although there was a version of Windows NT which did. Linux and several Unixes are available for PowerPC as well as i386 and all the architectures I listed above.

Linux, BSD (Unix), and even BeOS supported PowerPC before Mac OS X was even created, so OS X wasn't developed for want of an operating system.