No he means 5,000. 100 pennies equals 1 dollar. Therefore, 500 pennies would equal 5 dollars xD
Good point. Only you mean 500
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Psystar Releases 'Rebel EFI' Software to Enable Installation of Snow Leopard on PCs
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whats the big deal???
i sincerely hope ,apple could find you and sue you for eula infrigment.
all the guys saying that they bought a hackintosh in this forum should be sued by apple inc.
when the rumors spread you could be next....
When I'm talking about 'PC' I mean of course the current iteration of standards that have descended from the 'IBM PC' hardware platform. I naturally asumed everyone was on the same page about what a PC was.
What makes it open is that there are standards like the BIOS, the EFI, ACPI, PCI, SATA, etc etc, hell even the x86 instruction set can be called a standard.
Apple is putting together a custom configuration of hardware that is 100% compatible to that standard, and then putting their OS on it specifically locked to that hardware so it cannot be used on any other configuration.
We are not talking unsupported hardware here, nor are we talking missing driver support. We are talking actively locking the OS to their hardware which is in it's core in no way different to the other hardware out there. If Microsoft pulled a stunt like that the whole world would be all over them.
In fact Microsoft isn't even allowed to bundle IE to Windows just like that anymore in the EU, which proves my point. I don't have to change my way of thinking to some crippled proprietary prison way to make this seem just. Apple has to change their way of thinking and accept that they won't get away with this much longer.
Tell me please, how would this be the end of Apple? Their computer hardware is good, their products are nice, their design is nice, they have innovative solutions. As long as their prices don't skyrocket I see no reason why any of their current customers would stop buying Apple hardware. On top of that more people, who can't afford to buy Apple hardware, would buy OS X to run it on their PCs.
If you are trying to make the point that Apple's business only survives because OS X is the huge selling point for their hardware, this would mean that their hardware either sucks hard or is way overpiced. People buy their hardware because it works and gets the job done. This wouldn't change if OS X were allowed to run on toasters too, would it?
Yes, amusing ideed.
What the hell does "Reason Code: IE" mean on a whois record, cos psystar.com's record was updated at 17:15 EDT today
I'm not really sure how many PC users really want OSX as their main OS. Isn't more about the challenge of trying to get it to work?
(much like in my youth the challenge of hacking into university networks)
Pyster may have missed the mark on this one, charging for this program.
A lot of the "hackintosh" community won't fall for it and will just pirate Pyster's program.
Yes, amusing ideed.
What the hell does "Reason Code: IE" mean on a whois record, cos psystar.com's record was updated at 17:15 EDT today
No, that's the last time the WHOIS database was updated. Their domain was last updates on the 17th.
It certainly wouldn't be difficult for Apple to file a DCMA take down notice with Psystar's ISP and have their site yanked off-line.
Are you really that clueless Bryan. Just because you can do it doesn't make it legal.
The fact that Apple said explicitly that it's an upgrade and you must have Leopard installed, means that you have knowingly broken the license agreement if you didn't have Leopard.
It means that Psystar can't legally sell their Open systems with Snow Leopard, as by definition they have broken the law, because they haven't got Leopard. And that is where they will get nailed, although it'll be in a separate lawsuit now.
Unlike what most people are thinking, I think it's because the amount of traffic the site has gotten.
I almost want to go out and buy a Psystar system just to piss some of you off...
go,felll free to buy one , in the way leave your adress so that apple can sue you.
search and destroy hiiiii
,aaaahhhhh
Nope, I'm right. Apple is not in the software business like Microsoft is. Apple produces a vertically integrated solution in the form of hardware, OS and software. OS X is not a product in and of itself, the product is the Mac, and it is composed of the physical computer, Mac OS X running on it, and iLife/iWork and other software packages Apple sells.
They are more direct competitors to Dell, Toshiba, HP than to Microsoft. They have everything to lose from losing their hardware business. They don't make money off software, it's there to sell the underlying hardware. Apple loses a hardware sale when you install OS X on a non-Apple computer.
Microsoft on the other hand makes profit everytime someone licenses Windows from them. To install Windows on your Mac, you need to pay Microsoft. This is a win for them because that's what their business is, selling you Windows. They don't care on what hardware you install it on because their business is not hardware.
So maybe you should understand a thing or two about the market before you go off spouting nonsense.
This is no longer true. Windows is much more secure than it used to be. If you download automatic updates and run Microsoft Security Essentials you no longer have to worry about Trojans and Viruses.
You obviously feel some sense of entitlement. You think that the way you choose to use your computer is more important than the way I choose to use mine. You, as an end user just like me, have no right to tell me how I can or can't choose to use my computer. That is between me and Apple as outlined in the license, which as of now forbids me from using Mac on non Apple hardware, which I'm not currently doing. You just sound like another 14 year old fanboy with a hard-on for Apple.
I own two Macs already -- I have an iMac and a MBP -- and I've been using Macs since I was 14 years old, which was 14 years ago. As far as the competition, Windows 7 is actually a viable replacement for OS X now, but I still like the look and feel of OS X better, and I don't want to have to re-purchase all of the Windows versions of software that I already own for my Mac.
Nope, I'm right. Apple is not in the software business like Microsoft is. Apple produces a vertically integrated solution in the form of hardware, OS and software. OS X is not a product in and of itself, the product is the Mac, and it is composed of the physical computer, Mac OS X running on it, and iLife/iWork and other software packages Apple sells.
They are more direct competitors to Dell, Toshiba, HP than to Microsoft. They have everything to lose from losing their hardware business. They don't make money off software, it's there to sell the underlying hardware. Apple loses a hardware sale when you install OS X on a non-Apple computer.
Microsoft on the other hand makes profit everytime someone licenses Windows from them. To install Windows on your Mac, you need to pay Microsoft. This is a win for them because that's what their business is, selling you Windows. They don't care on what hardware you install it on because their business is not hardware.
So maybe you should understand a thing or two about the market before you go off spouting nonsense.
That's true but you are also missing the point. This isn't about Apple giving up their current business and become like Microsoft just selling OS X. This is about dropping an EULA statement that legally binds OS X to Apple hardware, and remove the DRM from Mac OS that artificially binds it to their hardware.
Nobody is asking them to drop their hardware business OR to put effort into supporting OS X on PCs. All we are asking is to be allowed to do as we please with a piece of software we buy from Apple. Their current EULA won't stand in court anyway once it attracts more attention, at least not in the EU.
I know, seriously! What type of purely greedy computer manufacturer allows one to also boot the OS of the competition (*coughs Boot Camp*). What a disgraceful profiteering racket.
Does DELL, Acer or Samsung try to prohibit you from installing Linux or Mac OS on their macihnes? No Apple does.
My copy of Snow Leopard is going to be useful when I get home from work now.
Yeah, I just hope their site gets back up, and I may have to go Snow Leopard. I'm wondering if the GTX 260 is supported? Also, does the free trial basically mean 1 free usage? But boy does this look remarkable. Cheap, powerful hardware combined with Apple's OS is what I've always dreamed of.