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I’m reading lots of stories about people getting Mac OS X running on all sorts of different x86 systems a.k.a. “PC’s” today. Although this means the security measures were about as good as most security measures; hackable. It also means that Mac OS X has some serious potential beyond the OS of choice for design conscious nerds. What would happen if OS X would simply run on any machine like say… linux. If Apple would still make hardware but only for those who don’t mind paying extra for design. If Apple would essentially become a software company. Although public predictions are dangerous i wouldn’t be surprised if they would have 25% market share (instead of the measly 4% they have know) of the OS market in say… 3 years? Apple is not a great software company mind you but it’s -so much better- at making software than Microsoft. I have to use excel on my mac to fill in my bookkeepers sheets and trust me it sucks. Not because it’s bookkeeping but because the software is essentially broken. So if Apple started releasing boxed OS X for any old machine i wouldn’t mind at all. My bookkeeper would probably start using decent software for her sheets, and i would probably still pay extra for a nicely designed computer.

I just recently read an article on how chinese companies have the production power but lack the brand name to break through to the mainstream outside of china. It mentioned chinese companies buying well known brands to instantly create brand recognition… Lenovo of China Completes Purchase of I.B.M.’s PC Unit

et voila

From definitely silly to “actually useful”:http://www.danielmedel.com/

For when you don’t want to miss any chance to meet that special someone: (((BtRadar))). I already worked out this idea with a friend once but i didn’t know enough Java to actually implement it back then. Doesn’t work on my k700i yet so i can’t tell you if it actually works. If someone found an easy way to to talk to the bluetooth hardware with java (or maybe it was already easy) we’ll probably be seeing a lot more interesting apps soon.

…but there’s some k700i software goodness on the other side of this link: Andy Budd::Blogography: Java Games For the Sony Ericsson K700i