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   #16. Posted at 01:21 AM on Jul 3rd 2009 Edit   Reply
blacksteel
I've thought about doing a hackintosh just to see if I can do it and also see what's the big deal about OSX. Mac users say it just works if you plug in devices and so on. I have to say "yes it works too on Windows, especially with Windows 7" if it doesn't Windows will download the latest driver for it from windows update. I feel MS is hoping Apple wins this case, if they don't then MS is going to have some major competition.
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#16, the "it just works" approach always reminds me of the old ap...  :  shaq_mobile  (#22)  «
#16, You should try it. I love my Hackintosh. For the very few th...  :  d0g_p00p  (#34)  «

   #25. Posted at 01:36 AM on Jul 4th 2009 Edit   Reply
albundy
well, on one hand, thats a quarter of what apple would sell it at.
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#25, It's more like 54.5% the cost of a new Mac Pro bumped up in ...  :  derFunkenstein  (#26)  «
#26, Seriously.. iLife? iWork? iWTF?  :  FubbHead  (#29)  «
#29, translation: apple uncool fanboy, get a life, get a jo...  :  snakeoil  (#30)  «
#30, you are a moran. Adi  :  derFunkenstein  (#32)  «
#29, Seriously.. it doesn't take a rocket surgeon to read w...  :  derFunkenstein  (#33)  «

   #31. Posted at 01:28 AM on Jul 5th 2009, Edited at 01:31 AM on Jul 5th 2009 Edit   Reply
shank15217
Apple's next response will be to sell their OS as firmware and integrate it onto the hardware they sell (sign and encrypt). The technology is already there, the turbo memory interface from Intel would work fine. All you would need is 8GB of flash storage. Firmware upgrades would probably use some sort of certificate validation. Psystar's business model isn't sustainable and Apple can move to this configuration at any future date in a couple of product cycles.
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   #23. Posted at 04:48 PM on Jul 3rd 2009, Edited at 04:52 PM on Jul 3rd 2009 Edit   Reply
snakeoil
boycott apple, steve jobs and his ridiculous uncool worshipers.
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#23, I second this.  :  Grigory  (#28)  «

   #3. Posted at 02:29 PM on Jul 2nd 2009 Edit   Reply
ssidbroadcast
I called it. I totally called that.
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#3, No one is impress at my future-telling abilities. :' (  :  ssidbroadcast  (#24)  «
#24, Your future-telling abilities are fine, but what's so spe...  :  ludi  (#27)  «

   #11. Posted at 04:11 PM on Jul 2nd 2009 Edit   Reply
slaimus
Is there any reason why it is not legal to create a Mac clone, but it was legal to to create a PC clone? Shouldn't there be some sort of legal precedent?
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#11, Because Apple gets special treatment. More seriously, it's be...  :  CampinCarl  (#12)  «
#12, THIRTY years ago... ;)  :  eitje  (#13)  «
#11, It's because Psystar has to modify the copy of Mac OS X in o...  :  TheShadowself  (#14)  «
#14, No, they do not have to modify the OS. (This was true 6 m...  :  barleyguy  (#19)  «
#19, Which is iirc called pairing or tying or something and...  :  DrCR  (#21)  «
#11, IBM made the first "PC", but did not write the operating sys...  :  danazar  (#20)  «

   #18. Posted at 09:00 AM on Jul 3rd 2009 Edit   Reply
ronch
Playing with fire.
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   #1. Posted at 02:14 PM on Jul 2nd 2009 Edit   Reply
Rakhmaninov3
When Jobs bites the dust, does anyone else think Apple might try to market OS X to other PC manus? I know the company has been strictly against putting its OS's on computers not built by Apple, but with as much interest as there seems to be in the Mac OS now, would it be workable?

They would be subject to a lot more harassment by viruses and would have a headache when it comes to making it compatible with any combo of hardware (like Microsoft has to), but there could be a payoff.

Naturally this would ablate their status as a snob-friendly company, but I bet they could make more money.
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#1, Ya, i pretty much predicted the same thing. SJ will eventual...  :  adisor19  (#2)  «
#2, I'd probably be a customer of either of those options  :  cygnus1  (#4)  «
#2, I have that right now, it's called a Hackintosh. I spent ...  :  d0g_p00p  (#10)  «
#1, >When Jobs bites the dust, does anyone else think Apple migh...  :  zdw  (#7)  «
#7, Plz to use the quote tag (see just below text-box for a l...  :  bthylafh  (#9)  «
#1, I hear it will come in "Carmael", "Pie", and "of your Eye" e...  :  ludi  (#8)  «
#1, It won't work for three reasons. (1) Apple sells a platform. ...  :  stmok  (#17)  «

   #6. Posted at 02:51 PM on Jul 2nd 2009 Edit   Reply
ew
They should use Applesauce as a product name.
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#6, Yum! I like applesauce. Edit: "When life gives you apples, ma...  :  twizttid13  (#15)  «

   #5. Posted at 02:36 PM on Jul 2nd 2009 Edit   Reply
bthylafh
Fark tag: Florida
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