Originally Posted by dangel
Probably not. The certainly wouldn't lose iPod sales, or iTunes sales or iPhone Sales etc.. Plus loads of people would still buy their (often) expensive hardware because it's pretty and has the right logo on the box. I've just had a meeting with a 'consultant' who couldn't work out how to use a PC (for his presentation) because he's a 'mac man'. Bless.
OSX will never be a mass market item so long as it's tied to Apple's hardware alone. I don't think Apple actually care though - it's not their business objective IMHO.
I agree with you to some extent dangel, but you're contradicting yourself here. On the one hand you say that they probably wont be up the creek, but on the other you say OSX will never be mass market as long as it's tied to Apple hardware. As soon as its not tied to Apple's hardware, people start building their own machines to run OSX on, and Apple loses money.