And just what would OS X become if it had to support every swinging dick piece of crap hardware out there? It would become Windows, that's what. A bloated, barely functional OS trying to be all things to all people and failing miserably like Windows has for the last twenty years. No thank you.
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And just what would OS X become if it had to support every swinging dick piece of crap hardware out there? It would become Windows, that's what. A bloated, barely functional OS trying to be all things to all people and failing miserably like Windows has for the last twenty years. No thank you.
Then I guess they don't like OS X.
Nearly all the reasons for liking OS X depend on it being locked to Apple's hardware. That's the whole point. That's the beauty of the entire Mac/OS X package.
If you want to tinker with it then build a hackintosh, it's just that simple. Or if it isn't that simple, then there's your reason for keeping OS X in the Apple family.
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So, you are a sucker (with all due respect,) and have bought Apple's anti-competitive drivel.
There is no particular reason Apple cannot use the same tactics to go after Hackint0sh. They don't have to win in court, they just have to make it really expensive and dangerous for anyone involved.
Not all that different, than Apple providing Boot Camp, IMO.
Go after a community of users who like to tinker and come up with new ideas and configurations? People like Steve Wozniak?
a "great chance that the user experience will be tainted"... good grief. im sure you have loads of validated data to back such a claim. even so, you are making it out that consumers are morons. if that's the typical apple customer, then so be it. but i think people buying 'hackintoshes' know they are buying just that, and if they are so stupid as to be blaming the hackintosh "tainted experience" on apple, then i doubt that small group of people will even leave a blemish on apple's image... after all, their are plenty of people quick to put the sparkle back on.
*sigh*Can a fanboy tell me how the consumer wins in this case? Reading half of these comments make me sick... like people on here live to please Apple. For god's sake, who gives a sh*t if another company is trying to give us some lower cost mac clones? As much as you want to believe it, i dont think anyone here can make a case of how little teenie psystar made even a microscopic dent in apple's stock price. You don't have to feel bad for apple... they only need to look at the balance of their bank accounts to to turn their frowns upside-down.
No one did, because it's not the point.
Some sleeze-bag company shouldn't be waltzing in and trying to impede on rules Apple makes very clear.
I like the fact that the Apple platform isn't catered to the bargain giants. Apple will lose much of its style when it becomes a bargain brand, and thankfully with the death of Psytar it won't.
I don't want every cheap jackass running around with OS X bragging about how sleek it is. Save up and earn the beautiful machine, it's a sign of dedication and saving money, not "you can install our OS on any cheap piece of crap".
It was Jeff Goldblum!!!
He was pissed that Apple replaced his smarmy voice overs for an even smarmier young guy in their Mac v. PC ads, because 50+ year old smarmy people don't appeal to obnoxious young people ages 18-29.
He was pissed that Apple replaced his smarmy voice overs for an even smarmier young guy in their Mac v. PC ads, because 50+ year old smarmy people don't appeal to obnoxious young people ages 18-29.
Huh?! While I like Apple's hardware design, and buy a lot of it, others may have other needs.
Your statement about "all the reasons for liking OS X depend on it being locked to Apple's hardware" is nonsensical. Please let us know what important features can't be made to work, on what is essentially the same guts?
Or perhaps Microsoft had nothing to do with it
How exactly does winning a case which weakens software copyright laws and the rights of a software company over its own software help Microsoft for God's sake?
Actually there are other companies and they will all fail because they produce garbage.
I think someone needs to go look up what "anti-competitive" and "competition" means.
I am worried about what will come out of the lawsuit as far as future cases dealing with Apple's EULA. If Psystar can not pay to defend themselves against Apple the end result may effect other companies with similar ideas and business models in the future.
a "great chance that the user experience will be tainted"... good grief. im sure you have loads of validated data to back such a claim. even so, you are making it out that consumers are morons. if that's the typical apple customer, then so be it. but i think people buying 'hackintoshes' know they are buying just that, and if they are so stupid as to be blaming the hackintosh "tainted experience" on apple, then i doubt that small group of people will even leave a blemish on apple's image... after all, their are plenty of people quick to put the sparkle back on.
If the people buying hackintosh systems are highly technical like you imply, why don't they build their own systems? They could hop onto newegg and get the same system for less money. Psystar would try to appeal to those who want Apple, but cannot afford it. That doesn't mean they are targeting the highly technical.
i never said they were "highly technical"... read my post again. once you understand what i said, we can simply agree to disagree.
You know, that's really the interesting part of this: Apple could have come along at any point and directed their venom at the Hackintosh community or other small operators who tried to (or did/do) put OS X on non-Apple hardware. Apple could have claimed EULA infringement on any one of these companies, but did not. Instead, they waited for the right company to come along and be their test case. A company which would loudly beat its chests and say "we are going to openly offer and support non-Apple computers with OS X and you can come sue if if you want to." Well, Apple had it's gorilla and as such, it's test case for all others to watch and learn from.
If Apple won their case against Pystar, other companies who may have been so inclined to offer OS X installed products suddenly step back and decide it's not worth it. There is legal precedent working against me now. Obviously if Apple loses, it empowers others to join the Pystars of the world but really, they could have done that at any point anyway. Strangely, now there is likely no resolution forthcoming, especially if the bankruptcy tanks. Pystar may well default IF the case ever goes back to trial and Apple hasn't proven anything to other companies to learn from except for perhaps: "don't do anything that will make us sure you. We have deeper pockets." But then everyone knew that already, didn't they? And the EULA question remains completely unresolved.
I'm sure all features could be made to work. I'm also sure Windows can be made to work on nearly all the hardware you can throw at it. Get the right drivers, find the right hardware combination, maybe experiment a bit, make sure Joe Average reads up on what he needs to know, goes and learns it, does research on the forums, etc., and has a great time making OS X work like it should. I'm sure Joe Average will be quite pleased with all that.
Just like Windows. "On essentially the same guts."
