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Apple releasing their OS

Started by Guest_Jordan_* , Oct 03 2008 09:49 AM

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Posted 03 October 2008 - 09:49 AM

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It doesn't make much sense that Apple hasn't released their OS for all computers. Now that Mac OS X runs on Intel processors they could sell their Operating System for all users and abandoned the foolish "certified Mac" concept they have created. What better time to release an amazingly stable OS than when Windows has just announced the EOL of Windows XP and still has a big black eye from Vista.

My colleague, Johnnyboy, just published a blog about it: Mac OS X Leopard on a Dell? :

What do you think?

#2
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Posted 03 October 2008 - 09:56 AM

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Apple are stuck-up, proud little buggers. They won't allow their precious OSX to be installed on something as common as a Dell, I repeat, a Dell computer.

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#3
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Posted 03 October 2008 - 10:07 AM

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I've got Mac running on my Dell computer at home. I also have it running in a vmware session (if you read my latest blog). People are already doing it, they should just legalize it and make profit from it.

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Posted 03 October 2008 - 10:08 AM

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I never said people weren't doing it.

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Posted 03 October 2008 - 10:27 AM

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It makes it easier for Apple if they have a smaller hardware base they need to support. I think that's the main reason they aren't interested in generally releasing it. Plus, then they get to charge extra for the hardware :)

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#6
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Posted 03 October 2008 - 10:41 AM

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That could also be the main reason that they lose so badly to Windows in terms of market share.

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Posted 03 October 2008 - 10:55 AM

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This is kind of what makes me angry with them as a company. Their hardware is the same hardware that is in PCs (ATI/Nvidia video cards, Intel CPU/Motherboards, etc) but they charge a ridiculous price for them when you could put together the same computer for dimes on the dollar.

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Posted 03 October 2008 - 11:00 AM

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So what do we consumers actually pay for when we buy a Mac?

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#9
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Posted 03 October 2008 - 02:19 PM

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That is my point! They pay overpriced fees because they don't know any better. They think Mac is better.

@Winged: I didn't fully read your post earlier. If you read JohnnyBoy's blog you'll see that he makes a valid point about support and hardware. Using a disclaimer that they will not support hardware issues unless it is a certified Mac.