If Apple shipped with Windows a lot of PC companies would be in serious trouble.

Not that I believe in conspiracies but:-

Apple Run on Intel CPU’s

Apple hardware can run Windows Via Bootcamp or Parallels

If Apple wanted to enter the “Windows” market they could, the general population is ready. Their brand is strong, they have established Internet and retail sales channels.

With Apple’s OSX Leopard being the sixth version of OSX how many more times can keep redoing essentially the same thing.

Gates and Jobs are publicly all touchy feely:

http://d5.allthingsd.com/20070530/d5-gates-jobs-interview/

Importantly Gates is retiring, so no industry ego issues to worry about.

If I was an Apple shareholder I would saying “Why ignore that huge Windows market”.

Look at the iPhone, back Apple HQ they must have thought will this/wont this work. Now they have sold more than a million into an established market that didn’t exist for them  6 months ago. The product is considered a success. So what’s next?

Call me mad (Use the comments) but I predict Apple will start selling Windows PC’s in the coming years.

What does Jobs call iTunes “The best Windows Application ever”.

The highest percentage of iPod/iPhone users are Windows users.

Therefore Apple’s customers are now predominately Windows users, why ignore their needs.

Please feel free to taunt me about this post in the future (say 2012 ish).