It might have been worth it in 1992. By 1998 there was no point.
That is a really interesting what-if scenario, but I don't think the mid-90s Apple corporate management would have been willing to go through with it. At the very least they would have tried to lock it down to Apple designed Intel hardware, they've never been able to let go of being a hardware company.
That is a really interesting what-if scenario, but I don't think the mid-90s Apple corporate management would have been willing to go through with it. At the very least they would have tried to lock it down to Apple designed Intel hardware, they've never been able to let go of being a hardware company.