If I Buy It, It's Mine!
Ok! I own and operate about every kind of computer and Operating System out today. As long as I purchase a license for each installation (or not as with Linux), I can legally install many different OS's on any computer I choose.
Steven Jobs has already stated himself, when the MacIntels come out he won't do anything to keep you from installing Microsoft Windows XP (or whatever version) on those MacIntels. That's because he legally has no recourse. The reason is quite simple! There is nothing either company can do about you either installing Windows XP on a Mac (using Virtual PC) or the fact that I now have Mac OS-X running on a PC with linux OS and running as a Virtual Machine. It's bought and paid for and there are many, many of these installations out there, but most of all because it's a matter of "Function" to run a machine the way I see fit! The only illegal thing being done wrong at this OSX86Project.org Forums, is people are stealing the software, not that they're trying to run the OS on an Intel machine. Notice that the hidden warnings Jobs speaks of refer to theft only!
The reason!!! Running a different OS on any computer is a matter of "Function", not "Copyright", and not "Patent"!!! So legally no company can tell you what or how to use their product or keep you from setting the disk you purchase on fire if you so choose. If I want, I can put it in a microwave oven and zap it for use as a coaster on my desk. They can put up roadblocks if they choose, but they can't stop me. As long as I don't attempt to reverse engineer, or infringe on Copyright, I can (if possible) install it on any machine I choose. Just like Stevie boy can't force me to only have OS-X installed on my Mac! You too have the right to have Linux, Windows XP, and OS-X on your machine right now via Virtual PC or as with future MacIntels, a straight up dual boot system (or better yet with a triple boot and Linux as my preferred system).
I really don't understand all you fanatical Mac Addicts anyway. Obviously the rest of the world doesn't think Macs are so great or you'ld have a larger market share. Even Linux has leaped ahead of you people in number of installations, because it is more versatile, runs on any architecture, and is now wholeheartedly supported by your former processor maker "IBM"! On top of that it's free! Who is Steven Jobs and Bill Gates most afraid of? Why Linux of course! It threatens their monopolistic control and is taking a bigger share of the pie money out of their pockets. Today there is very few computers that don't benefit from "Open Source" software or programs. Even your own beloved Apple and for sure Microsoft who are openly shipping commercial grade server software with their 64 bit OS and are about to pull an old discarded BeOS file system out to enable instant search capability in Vista. It will as BeOS did be sitting on a virtual database without the headache that Apple uses in maintaining one for instant search.
Apple has no corner on the market, and your Macs are not as great as you're led to believe. Apple keeps you all blinded and trapped with few games, DRM'd to hell, an almost totally hidden system and now Apple will further keep you under their thumb with a new fully DRM'd chipped Intel machine on the way to a store near you. I just plain won't accept that!
So go ahead live in your oh so narrow little world ruled over by a giant ego'd dictator in Steven Jobs. I'll just continue to use all of the resources available to me to make sure I'll always be in control of my own machines. Then if I choose to dine on a little Mac OS-X one night with Photoshop, some Win XP (or Vista) the next to game on, I will. Plus I will always be able to enjoy the Freedom and Luxury of "open source" Linux whenever I want. Remember, it has been said "Never Put All of Your Eggs in One Basket" and it is oh so true in the computer world!
