Engadget has posted a graphic this morning of “Mac OS” appearing as a choice in the drop-down box on Dell’s driver downloads site.
“Well, isn’t that unusual? Dell offering OS X driver downloads on their site? Hmm. We know you want it, Mike, but somehow we don’t think your company has Jobs in your pocket quite yet. Give it some time though, we’re sure he’s bound to come around now that he’s in the PC business, himself,” Ryan Block writes for Engadget.
According to Block, the drivers listed on Dell’s site don’t actually appear to be files for use in “Mac OS.” I just appears to be a strange error on Dell’s part.
Full article with graphic here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Islandgirl” for the heads up.]
[UPDATE: 9:24am EDT: “Dell currently offers OS X drivers for their printers, and in all likelyhood they have simply made a mistake while making site adjustments,” sHARD reports for OSx85 Project.]
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