Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 2nd Nov 2009 18:08 UTC, submitted by poundsmack
Anyone who hangs around on websites with information about installing Mac OS X on non-Apple labelled computers has probably already encountered this report, but it's newsworthy anyway. The upcoming release of Mac OS X 10.6.2 will remove support for the Intel Atom line of processors from Mac OS X.
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RE[2]: What took them so long?
by fretinator on Mon 2nd Nov 2009 21:06
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Member since:2005-07-06
Of course, there is the "what goes around comes around". As Apple squeezes its customers more and more on these trivial issues (Palm Pre, Non-Apple hardware), at some point the customers might start looking elsewhere. Humans seems to have some kind of attraction for freedom, even when it means abandoning all the "extra coolness" they are currently receiving.
People are sheep, yes, but only to a certain extent. They don't want to feel like sheep.
RE[3]: What took them so long?
by wirespot on Mon 2nd Nov 2009 21:55
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Member since:2006-06-21
People are sheep, yes, but only to a certain extent. They don't want to feel like sheep.
And yet "people" have been using Windows for more than a decade, an OS from a company who walked on corpses to achieve the monopoly they enjoy today. It got so far that there are people out there who think "Windows = PC" . Baa.
RE[2]: What took them so long?
by BallmerKnowsBest on Tue 3rd Nov 2009 01:24
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Member since:2008-06-02
And this is wrong why?
Maybe IBM and Intel should have taken the same approach. Sure, you would probably still be stuck with anemic, underpowered G4s - but hey, they would just be "protecting their competitive advantage," as another Apple apologist put it.
If that means locking OSX so tight it won't run on anything that hasn't passed through Job's ass, so be it.
Oh don't worry, that's coming. They just haven't figured out the logistics yet.
I would do the same if I didn't want my product running on a competitors machine as it affects my bottom line.
Why not just completely drag the computer industry 30 years backwards while you're at it? Remember how awesome it was when we had computers that ran only a single application (word processors), and each vendor's hardware was incompatible with the software written for every other computer?
Screw standards and open hardware platforms!
Apple is a business not a charity, they are not obligated to give away what they paid for in the first place just because a few geeks think its their god given right.
Why are so many Maclots incapable of comprehending that it's not actually stealing when you PAY for the product (as Psystar has done)? When you have to twist the truth that much, it just stinks of desperation.
RE[3]: What took them so long?
by TObYv on Tue 3rd Nov 2009 01:57
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Member since:2008-08-25
Why are so many Maclots incapable of comprehending that it's not actually stealing when you PAY for the product (as Psystar has done)? When you have to twist the truth that much, it just stinks of desperation.
If I am paid for my labor, that does not give them the right to do whatever they want with me.
If I buy time/storage in a cloud/cluster, they have the right to impose conditions on my use of their facility, even if I have PAID money.
Taking more than is agreed may not be stealing in the strictest sense, but is crossing the line.
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2007-02-17
And this is wrong why? Apple should and is obligated (to their share holders) to protect to their property any way they can. If that means locking OSX so tight it won't run on anything that hasn't passed through Job's ass, so be it. I don't see a problem with that. I would do the same if I didn't want my product running on a competitors machine as it affects my bottom line. Apple is a business not a charity, they are not obligated to give away what they paid for in the first place just because a few geeks think its their god given right.