because then is not now. Today is an entirely different atmosphere than the early to mid 1990's.
I think it could (and will) succeed in todays tech environment, with the iPhone/iTablet and cloud computing leading the way.
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because then is not now. Today is an entirely different atmosphere than the early to mid 1990's.
I think it could (and will) succeed in todays tech environment, with the iPhone/iTablet and cloud computing leading the way.
Yeah, it's a real shame Apple Management have no idea how to make money. They make so little now, imagine if there were a recession!
Thank you.
As soon as some of the children on this forum move out of their parent's basements they'll hopefully get over their entitlement issues. And I guess Psystar has yet to move out of their proverbial parent's basements. Some people (and companies) actually earn their spoils.
Don't support these guys... their software is probably ripped off from the osx86 community, where you can get all the info you need to do this for free.
Interesting. But they're still violating the DMCA by circumventing the minimal security measures that Apple implements. I'm assuming that Apple could stop distribution fairly easily.
If not then what this basically means is that Apple is going to have to add an authentication/license key scheme to keep people from violating the EULA and installing OSX on computers that it wasn't meant to be installed on.
If not then what this basically means is that Apple is going to have to add an authentication/license key scheme to keep people from violating the EULA and installing OSX on computers that it wasn't meant to be installed on.
Legalities aside, it doesn't bother me. Just so long as:
1. Apple's not forced to spend time/money offering any support to hardware that their product was not designed for.
2. Apple's not forced to spend time/money and delay future OS releases to accommodate and test for all the chaos of hardware out there.
3. Apple's not forced to implement any kind of piracy-deterence, license checking or serial numbers, to enforce that non-Mac owners must pay a full price for OS X, while the rest of us can continue to pay lower costs as upgrades (since we already have an initial license that came with our Macs). What would a "full" price for OS X be, if everything we've bought so far is an upgrade? I guess that's up to Apple.
and 4. Apple's reputation for quality doesn't take an underserved hit (in the press or in the market) just due to problems exclusive to NON-Apple hardware.
I'm not worried about 1 & 2 unless some court does something really crazy that forces Apple to spend a ton of money helping others profit from Apple's work.
And I'm not expecting Apple to be too worried about #3 unless hackintoshes become commonplace and cut into sales of real Macs. I doubt that will happen--the masses of everyday computer buyers won't be doing this.
But #4... that's Apple's problem--doesn't really affect me
(Cue cries of "No company is perfect, Apple's not perfect because of X, and therefore any bad reputation they get is deserved even if some other company caused the problem )
1. Apple's not forced to spend time/money offering any support to hardware that their product was not designed for.
2. Apple's not forced to spend time/money and delay future OS releases to accommodate and test for all the chaos of hardware out there.
3. Apple's not forced to implement any kind of piracy-deterence, license checking or serial numbers, to enforce that non-Mac owners must pay a full price for OS X, while the rest of us can continue to pay lower costs as upgrades (since we already have an initial license that came with our Macs). What would a "full" price for OS X be, if everything we've bought so far is an upgrade? I guess that's up to Apple.
and 4. Apple's reputation for quality doesn't take an underserved hit (in the press or in the market) just due to problems exclusive to NON-Apple hardware.
I'm not worried about 1 & 2 unless some court does something really crazy that forces Apple to spend a ton of money helping others profit from Apple's work.
And I'm not expecting Apple to be too worried about #3 unless hackintoshes become commonplace and cut into sales of real Macs. I doubt that will happen--the masses of everyday computer buyers won't be doing this.
But #4... that's Apple's problem--doesn't really affect me
(Cue cries of "No company is perfect, Apple's not perfect because of X, and therefore any bad reputation they get is deserved even if some other company caused the problem )
it's unbelievable how many people think that Apple would make money by just selling the OS.
Please try to understand:
Apple makes money selling HARDWARE.
The OS and iLife apps are there to complete the user experience.
If Apple were to sell the OS and iLife without the Mac, they would get into the freaking "make sure you're supported on any ol' x86 crap", and make it far more expensive than it is now.
This ususal cr@p by Psystar makes life just a little more difficult.
Which idiot will buy some middle-of-the-road PC and install this ***** and expect a perfect user experience... or call Apple support.
This same argument that you, and so many others make is inherently lacking logic. In essence, you are saying that Apple/Mac hardware has no value in and of itself. That hardware, that you say is the backbone of the organization, has little inherent added value if it is separated from the apple software.
I disagree, I like Apple hardware very much and I would still buy it even if osX was (is) available for generic PC's .But that is me. I believe in the inherent value Apple's hardware in and of itself.
Save the "whole widget" discussions for someone who is more of a n00b ...
Psystar's latest attempt to legitimize theft. It's sad. And soon it'll all come to an end. Just have to wait out the process.
I think most of us Mac users like what we have, Apple hardware and Apple software. Still, this makes for interesting conversation--and speculation.
Case in point.
Get a Mac, man.
wow, thanks mom. I think having 7 Macs around the house will put me in the category of "got a mac".
Not really.
- Cheaper computers are even cheaper.
- The market desires cheaper at the moment (what with the economy).
- Apple's OS is way more desirable than previous incarnations.
- Apple's OS works well with more standard off the shelf products than before.
I'm guessing the milllions of people who are able to make a living thanks to the integrity of IP laws, aren't.
Do you actually know *what* you're cheering for?
I am glad that you aren't making the rules then. I have no regard for people that have no respect for another companies intellectual property rights.
you might want to see if you can get it now if you ever decide to get off your high horse as this is not going to last and the demo is pretty much worthless.
And the activation may need a keygen so rapidshare wont be good until that happens if ever.
It will end up like Netshare (something i jumped on and use to this day)
And the activation may need a keygen so rapidshare wont be good until that happens if ever.
It will end up like Netshare (something i jumped on and use to this day)
Then why the hell try it on a P4..???
It's all about the whole package:
Hardware and software together.
That's Apple's selling point.