And yet, right after reading this I say put Dell’s money behind Xandros or Mepis. Xandros would be the most logical choice being it is so close to using Windows that it’s scary. But that’s just my opinion.

If Apple Computer (Profile, Products, Articles) ever decides to let its Mac OS X operating system outside of its confines, the company can count Dell (Profile, Products, Articles) founder and Chairman Michael Dell as a possible customer.

With the recent news that Apple plans to become a fellow customer of Intel (Profile, Products, Articles) for x86 processors, Dell has expressed interest in selling Mac OS X-based PCs, he said in an e-mail to Fortune published on the magazine’s Web site Thursday.

“If Apple decides to open the Mac OS to others, we would be happy to offer it to our customers,” Dell wrote in the e-mail. A Dell spokesman confirmed Thursday that the e-mail exchange took place.

Apple, however, is not keen on striking a deal with the world’s largest PC vendor.

“Mac OS X will only run on Macs. Apple has no plans to sell Mac OS X software to run on PCs,” an Apple spokeswoman said in an e-mail response to questions about Dell. [Read the rest]