Prove the PEECEEers, OSX IS KING

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Wow. Is that something Apple charges or your govt?



I'll have you know that because of you, Jobs did not make his last mortage payment.

OK, that's enough of this pointless spam. I shouldn't be promoting it like this, but I will answer your question - it's an Apple charge. If you compare prices between Apple USA and other countries such as UK, AU, etc, you'll find that the computers are a lot more expensive worldwide. Fortunately the gap is now nowhere near as big as it was in 2003 (the $800).

This thread is really going nowhere now, I personally won't reply anymore as there's not really any point.

 

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while i tend to agree with apple going overkill with so many payable OS upgrades, it should be pointed out that XP cost around AU$800 when it first came out in Australia whilst a Mac OS upgrade "only" costs AU$229

are you talking full retail or the upgrade?

 

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Indeed it will. But that system (I'm talking about the whole computer, not just the drive) has still had Mac OS on it in the past.

If you take a computer which has *never* had Mac OS on it, then you won't be able to install it. Why not? Because it won't be compatible with the OS. Why not? Because all compatible systems come with the OS preinstalled. I've made a logic loop there

Utter nonsense. You can take a retail box of any MacOS version and install it on a 100% clean computer and it will work. Heck, you can install it on computers that aren't Macs at all. (Like LinuxPPC machines running MacOnLinux, or even x86 boxes running emulators.) Granted that's against the EULA, but you can pretty much ignore EULAs in the U.S. (in all but two states anyway).

--Eric