On Tue, 30 Dec 2008 16:59:19 -0500, "Eisboch"
wrote:

Oh. The rumor. Yep, it was one of the Comcast guys who was very
knowledgable regarding Vista.
He said that Vista and a current Mac OS (forget the name) are basically
built on the same platform.
He told us that it was done for compatibility issues because Mac will be
getting out of the business.

I didn't ask him anymore because I was overjoyed to have our Internet access
back.

Eisboch

Good thing he knew more about modems and routers than OS and hardware
platforms.

There's no reason to believe Apple will get out of the hardware
business. It'd take away from the cultural market position they've
established and decrement the value of their brand.

jps