okay, im not going to read all of these comments here... hopefully someone has already touched on this, but just in case:
you, sir, are a nincompoop..! the whole idea is fallacious, because i can simply choose #2, download the hacked intel version of osx, and -- given the time ill have on my hands -- get the thing running my os of choice anyway...
youre just buying into this 'web2.0' hype, and i imagine youll learn your lessons once 'bubble2.0' bursts...
The Operating System Is Dead