Have you heard the rumours going around at the moment that Apple may be considering releasing OS X mainstream so that it will run on all PCs, not just Macs. So much like Windows, you will be able to buy a boxed copy of the OS and install it on your PC.

At the moment Apple don't make money on their OS. They make money on their hardware sales. If they were to open up the ability to install OS X on non Macs, how would this affect their profits? Would people still buy Apple hardware? Or would they just buy the OS and install it on a cheaper and easier to upgrade PC?

I think if Apple do this it could be very risky as on the one hand it could suddenly increase the OS X user base expedentially over night, but equally it could all go wrong and Apple could lose a fortune in lost hardware sales.