As Richard mentioned earlier, the underdog tag was a fair description of Apples humble beginnings, but this is currently FAR from the case. I believe the real underdogs today are just regular people (techie people) who would like to run a great OS on hardware they can hand pick for themselves. It is not a technical issue because indeed it does "just work" if the recipe of hardware chipsets matches what Apple puts into their hardware. I'm sure the small fraction of OS X fans who want to run it on PC hardware is rather small, but they still want to be Apple "software customers". It's not about honesty, it's about economy.
If a technically skilled user wants to build their own system and buy OS X for it, it should be allowed. A PC owner can continue to use most system components for ages, and just change out the parts as they break (or upgrade on occasion). Why can't a G5 owner take out the motherboard and install an i7 on an intel-based motherboard and then install OS X? The machine would still be Apple-branded, still able to connect to iTunes, still can purchase media and books, etc. But nooooooo! You have to buy an entirely new system just to buy stuff. I realize this is a hopeless debate, and only Apple can change the policies of Apple. Which is the better demonstration of recycling an old Mac? http://static.flickr.com/15/18743082_736390eb05.jpg or http://www.s155158671.websitehome.co.uk/Resources/dscf0006.jpeg Sorry, I couldn't find one with goats inside. ;-p ~Roger On Sun, Sep 9, 2012 at 10:30 PM, Kay C Lan wrote: > On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 1:40 AM, J. Landman Gay wrote: > > > By retaining control of both software and hardware, it "just works" -- at > > least, most of the time. > > Richmond started with referring to a book and the fact that he can do > anything he likes with it. Really? > > Buy a car and use it to carry goats was mentioned. Really? > > To me, this is as Richard eluded to, a simple case of honesty, and not far > removed from the Piracy thread. > > Doesn't seem to have anything to do with fairness, logic, open source, > politics, or business, it seems to be a simple test of honesty. > > _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
