href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1006-200-1878965.
html?tag=st.ne.1002.tgif.ni">This CNet article
explores Apple's previous Mac OS X promise vs the
public Beta to be delivered this summer.
"Nonetheless, some of the marketing and channel
issues surrounding the upcoming OS are now in flux.
Schiller said Apple has not determined whether the
public beta will come out as a shrink-wrapped product
or whether Apple will charge for it. In January, Apple
stated that the product would be sold as a boxed
product. "
Of note, they also state "The gaming crowd was
excited to see an OS X version of Quake"