Dell offering Mac OS driver support…

Some may remember a while ago when Dell had some shocking things to say in an email and a Fortune article. The famous lines were “If Apple decides to open the Mac OS to others, we would be happy to offer it to our customers’ and also ‘Mac OS X will only run on Macs. Apple has no plans to sell Mac OS X software to run on PCs“.

Well it seems that we’ve stumbled upon something that furthers Dell’s want for Mac OS support. If you head down to Dell’s support page, or alternatively the screenshot, you will see that Apple Mac OS has been included in the added options for the operating system for each unit. Either this has been included by accident, or possibly something is stirring that we don’t know about yet.

Obviously the transition, and also attempts by groups to put Mac OS on Intel based chips and PC’s, means that possibly there is a window of opportunity for Dell to gain a few extra customers, at the expense of Apple Laptop sales.

One thing that troubles me is the above quote stating that Dell would be happy to use Mac OS. Dell are renowned for sticking to particular suppliers and parts, namely Microsoft Windows and Intel, besides many more. It would be interesting to see reactions and plans if Dell, the worlds biggest custom computer manufacturer, decides and manages somehow to implement Mac OS.

Some may remember a while ago when Dell had some shocking things to say in an email and a Fortune article. The famous lines were “If Apple decides to open the Mac OS to others, we would be happy to offer it to our customers’ and also ‘Mac OS X will only run on Macs. Apple has no plans to sell Mac OS X software to run on PCs“.

Well it seems that we’ve stumbled upon something that furthers Dell’s want for Mac OS support. If you head down to Dell’s support page, or alternatively the screenshot, you will see that Apple Mac OS has been included in the added options for the operating system for each unit. Either this has been included by accident, or possibly something is stirring that we don’t know about yet.

Obviously the transition, and also attempts by groups to put Mac OS on Intel based chips and PC’s, means that possibly there is a window of opportunity for Dell to gain a few extra customers, at the expense of Apple Laptop sales.

One thing that troubles me is the above quote stating that Dell would be happy to use Mac OS. Dell are renowned for sticking to particular suppliers and parts, namely Microsoft Windows and Intel, besides many more. It would be interesting to see reactions and plans if Dell, the worlds biggest custom computer manufacturer, decides and manages somehow to implement Mac OS.