As on a stage when Max was ported to Windows, it was mentioned, that it should be easier to port Max to Linux than to Windows, I'd wonder if the whole Max application can be ported to Android, which is a Linux derivate. Tablets and smartphones are now available with speeds comparable to lets say an old Powerbook. I had an early version of my monster patch running on those. Thats plenty of possibilities already... The moment a Linux version of Max is available, I'd happily install Linux on my Macbook Air and let go OS X for ever... The future is about freedom, Microsoft and Apple will need most likely a decade more to recognize it, (as the still suck out profitably those part of the world which don't know much about freedom). The moment they will realize it, its too late...;-) You can even talk out loud as many subversive ideas as you have, the world of "deals and finances" is completely blind in that area...) As artists we should work hard to change this world...