If IBM wouldnt offer the level of customization required by Apple and caved to the video game console market in favor of lower margins in the millions of units sold, then I wouldnt count on anyone ever using them again in a consumer level.

First off not a single consumer level OS is currently supported, secondly no software is being made on that same level. They blew it with Apple and sold out to the video game console manufacturers. The two largest of which are now back on X86 class chips. Its not going to happen.