Apple should build something like RaspberryPi running OS X

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5507859

by umrashrf • 13 years ago

5 10 13 years ago

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bliker• 13 years ago

Do you mean apple TV?

umrashrf2• 13 years ago

Nope

dylanhassinger• 13 years ago

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

mehrzad• 13 years ago

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

michaelpinto• 13 years 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...

mooism22• 13 years 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?

bsilvereagle• 13 years ago

Or maybe he wants to have GPIO pins in a Mac environment with Apple support and guaranteed control from iOS devices.

umrashrf2• 13 years ago

I want to play with OS X like I do with Ubuntu. Modifying whatever I want.

mooism22• 13 years 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.

ibudiallo• 13 years ago

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

Apple should build something like RaspberryPi running OS X

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