It would have been interesting if it ended up like Microsoft today that sells their own hardware (e.g. Surface) and licenses out the OS. I just cannot see Appl

It would have been interesting if it ended up like Microsoft today that sells their own hardware (e.g. Surface) and licenses out the OS. I just cannot see Apple giving up hardware of their own at any point. I doubt whatever went on with OS X would have transferred to the iPhone or iPods before it. Truthfully, it would certainly relieve a lot of pressure on Apple surrounding the Pro models. There are certain models that Apple always look like its reluctant to build and the Mac Pro has been that model. It would also have made the virtualization story a bit better.