Slashdot reports: "Several people have discovered that the new Intel kernel Apple has included with the Developer Kit DVD uses TCPA/TPM DRM. More specifically, it includes "a TCPA/Palladium implementation that uses a Infineon 1.1 chip which will prevent certain parts of the OS from working unless authorized."
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Member since:Apple isn't dumb enough to assume they can start restricting their user's computing experience and still be successful. The market will dictate the Mac's success. I choose to use Macs because they offer me the best computing experience. If Linux ever makes computing as enjoyable as using a Mac then I will gladly switch to Linux. What bothers me about most arguments against Apple is they are hammered because they use OS X to sell Macs. People need to quit bitching because they don't like Apple's business model.
Member since:2005-07-06
Most people bitch about Apple either due to the high prices of the hardware (which inhibits growth at the same time it keeps margins high) or the crappy attitude Apple has towards anyone who is not of the "faithful". And if you ask a question the wrong way, you are immediately not of the faithful...
If Microsoft is the cruelty the computing world is used to, Apple is the "new cruelty".
The people I know who use Mac don't use it because it is better than anything else. They use it because it is a status brand and through purchasing the elite brand think they are better than other people.
It is sad to see some otherwise good people get caught up in the mythology of the Apple cult.
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2005-07-06
If you don't like it, stick with Linux, afterall it's free [sic].
Yes, that is exactly what we are doing. GNU/Linux IS Free. Apple can keep their wolf in sheeps clothing.
DRM (TCPA) is now used for restricting OS X to Apple kit. What will be next? Will OS X only accept iPods to be connected to a Mac? What kind of content will be made "watch and you pay and pay and pay"? What kind of content will be "forbidden from the start"?
I know, we are all loonies wearing tinfoil hats. Just don't come whine when we loonies were right all along.
Hey, Apple maybe restricting the living daylights out of your computing experience, but at least you can brag about "thinking different" and point to your "elite plastic status symbol" in the corner of your living room.
The price for being cool and hip is your personal Freedom. That is a small price to pay, considering you can brag about owning a Mac }:-)