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OS X on Intel:
This is not possible with current builds. There is plenty more on top of the BSD underpinnings that is not so cross-platform. However, Apple has been working on this. They will *never* have their OS running on beige boxen, and here's why...
First, profit margins. Apple is a hardware company, and a high-end one at that. Their margins are good, that's why they are still profitable. Without the hardware sales, they would make a huge loss. The platform would surge until they ran out of money, and then it would die.
Second, quality and integration... Apple does a great job, because they build the whole widget. The experience is good because things work together, and they can really integrate. Plus, there are no current machines on their platform with crap components. So people don't sit down at a crappy machine (unless it is old) and get an experience that ruins their opinion of how fast Macs are. If you can run OS X on a machine with bargain basement components, Apple can't control the experience, and poof! no brand.
SCSI Hard Drives:
Apple used to onl yuse SCSI, when SCSI was far and away the very best out there. When other standards caught up, they started to use them in many of their machines. If you want a real high-end machine, you still get SCSI, for the most part, but now it is an option.
Two-button Mice:
$19 at Wal-Mart. Mac OS X is programmed to work with them out of the box, and they do all of the stuff you'd expect them to. Next?
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