Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 24th Oct 2006 15:15 UTC
"With the advent of Intel-based Macintosh computers, Apple was faced with a new requirement: to make it non-trivial to run Mac OS X on non-Apple hardware. The 'solution' to this 'problem' is multifaceted. One important aspect of the solution involves the use of encrypted executables for a few key applications like the Finder and the Dock. Apple calls such executables apple-protected binaries. In this document, we will see how Apple-protected binaries work in Mac OS X."
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2006-05-09
If Microsoft only delivered a tenth of what they initially outlined, it would still put Vista far ahead of the shitty alternatives. Those toy operating systems haven't caught up to Windows 95 in performance or usability even a decade later.