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Apple should build something like RaspberryPi running OS X

5 points by umrashrf 14y ago

bliker 14y ago
Do you mean apple TV?
- umrashrf 14y ago
  Nope
dylanhassinger 14y ago
it's called Mac Mini. Soon it will be the size of a hockey puck
mehrzad 14y ago
Why? So they can run all the indies out of business?
michaelpinto 14y ago
I actually wish Apple would have emulators for their old hardware: The original Mac line, the Apple II, the Lisa and yes I would kill to run NeXTstep. A few years ago I could see the argument that this might encourage people to upgrade, but frankly Apple should know by now that desktop personal computers aren't the wave of the future — so why not have some fun with the past? Also it would be good branding...
mooism2 14y ago
Why? Because you, personally, want to buy a $25 (+ Apple premium) circuit board that runs OS X? (And surely with that hardware you'd be more likely to get iOS?) What would you do with it that you can't do with a Raspberry Pi + Raspbian, or a pogoplug, or etc? Or do you think such a product would sell like hot cakes? Why? What sorts of people would buy this? What would they use it for? Why aren't they using a Raspberry Pi etc? Or, how would this be better than a Raspberry Pi? Perhaps instead you want Apple to build something like the Raspberry Pi in the same way that people used to want Apple to build a netbook? Apple built the ipad instead: a response to a need that netbooks were imperfectly satisfying, and addressing it head on. What need is the Raspberry Pi imperfectly satisfying? What would a product that addressed that need head on look like?
- umrashrf 14y ago
  I want to play with OS X like I do with Ubuntu. Modifying whatever I want.
  - mooism2 14y ago
    Why can't you just buy a Mac? Also, you seem to say “Apple should” as if it meant “I wish Apple would”. You don't seem to be saying it would make Apple's offerings more cohesive or otherwise make Apple a better company.
- bsilvereagle 14y ago
  Or maybe he wants to have GPIO pins in a Mac environment with Apple support and guaranteed control from iOS devices.
ibudiallo 14y ago
You will not get an Apple product for this price. Maybe used headphones

5 points by umrashrf 14y ago

bliker 14y ago

Do you mean apple TV?

umrashrf 14y ago
Nope

dylanhassinger 14y ago

it's called Mac Mini. Soon it will be the size of a hockey puck

mehrzad 14y ago

Why? So they can run all the indies out of business?

michaelpinto 14y ago

I actually wish Apple would have emulators for their old hardware: The original Mac line, the Apple II, the Lisa and yes I would kill to run NeXTstep. A few years ago I could see the argument that this might encourage people to upgrade, but frankly Apple should know by now that desktop personal computers aren't the wave of the future — so why not have some fun with the past? Also it would be good branding...

mooism2 14y ago

Why? Because you, personally, want to buy a $25 (+ Apple premium) circuit board that runs OS X? (And surely with that hardware you'd be more likely to get iOS?) What would you do with it that you can't do with a Raspberry Pi + Raspbian, or a pogoplug, or etc? Or do you think such a product would sell like hot cakes? Why? What sorts of people would buy this? What would they use it for? Why aren't they using a Raspberry Pi etc? Or, how would this be better than a Raspberry Pi? Perhaps instead you want Apple to build something like the Raspberry Pi in the same way that people used to want Apple to build a netbook? Apple built the ipad instead: a response to a need that netbooks were imperfectly satisfying, and addressing it head on. What need is the Raspberry Pi imperfectly satisfying? What would a product that addressed that need head on look like?

umrashrf 14y ago
I want to play with OS X like I do with Ubuntu. Modifying whatever I want.
- mooism2 14y ago
  Why can't you just buy a Mac? Also, you seem to say “Apple should” as if it meant “I wish Apple would”. You don't seem to be saying it would make Apple's offerings more cohesive or otherwise make Apple a better company.
bsilvereagle 14y ago
Or maybe he wants to have GPIO pins in a Mac environment with Apple support and guaranteed control from iOS devices.

ibudiallo 14y ago

You will not get an Apple product for this price. Maybe used headphones