[dagw]

I wonder if Microsoft is thinking the same thing. Either as a defensive move to make sure Photoshop will always work on Windows or as an offensive move and making Photoshop and friends windows only in an attempt to strangle the OS X platform.

[bradly]

Apple has been able to create pro level software for both audio and video editing industries. If Adobe/Microsoft scraped its mac line of products, I bet Apple would have a competing product out in 12 months that graphic designers would flock to.

[carbon8]

Note, however, that those were all originally acquisitions. FCP was born at Macromedia and Apple purchased the product and hired the team. Shake came from the Nothing Real acquisition. Logic is from the Emagic acquisition.

[Keyframe]

Not to mention all of those applications had a windows version. Yes, even Final Cut (at least the version they shopped at NAB).

I personally got royally screwed over Nothing Real purchase (we had a site license of both linux and windows version).

Chalice, Shake (and Tremor), Final Cut, Logic, India Pro... - all acquisitions followed by "Mac only from now on, sorry".

[spicyj]

I believe Aperture was developed in-house.

[davidedicillo]

Apple at that point would buy Pixelmator in a heartbeat and make its own product.

[thomasz]

I was under the impression that it's nearly impossible to compete with adobe in this market because they've patented all important algorithms.

[gallerytungsten]

If CS became Windows-only, it would mean a great resurgence for Quark, along with those guys in Texas who got Freehand back from Macromedia.

[city41]

Most designers I know would work for McDonald's before they'd use Windows :)

[wwortiz]

I know you probably aren't entirely serious but people can and do change when their choices disappear.

Fundamentalists may differ.

[michaelbuckbee]

You're correct in a general sense, but for the specific case of designers working in fields where the standard computer is a Windows machine I've almost always seen an exception made for the design department to use Macs.

[armandososa]

I could use Windows but I'll never buy Windows.

[nkassis]

I don't know that doing something like this wouldn't cause the justice dept to get interested. It would be a really anti competitive move.