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Apple to Lock OSXi to Apple Hardware

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the no-surprise-here dept.

spac writes "It seems that Apple has chosen to use the Trusted Platform Module chip to ensure that Mac OS X can only run on Apple Hardware. The report from vnunet states that the chips contain a unique identifier, which can be used to determine the manufacturer of a PC as well as facilities for data encryption. "

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  1. Fans by hey · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Will Apple on Intel have big honking fans?
    Yuck.

  2. In Soviet russia by karvind · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Apple hardware runs on Mac OS X

  3. Re:Not will use, but *might* use by MikeHunt69 · · Score: 1, Offtopic
    Memory? Same thing. Open Case (no Screwdriver), take out the plastic side panel, pull Fan Assembly, put in Memory, plug in Fan Assembly, put in side panels, power on.


    That's funny because on my (PC) case it goes Open Case (no Screwdriver), put in Memory, put in side panel, power on.

    Sounds about 4x faster than on your Mac. Also, if you don't want to move power cables out of the way each time you upgrade, route them properly in the first place...

  4. Re:Not will use, but *might* use by Queer+Boy · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    It's not ironic, it's absolutely right. The platform that Microsoft is presenting is a melding of the internet and the desktop (which just happens to be a terrible idea).

    We're not talking about whether it will hurt productivity or sales or users will or won't like it. What we're talking about is THE PLATFORM which, depite what you or I may want to fool ourselves into believing, is soleley controlled by Microsoft/Apple (on their respective platforms).

    At this point, if IE is removed from Windows XP, you end up with Windows 95. That DOES hurt the platform Microsoft is presenting.

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    Not since Marie-Antoinette played milkmaid has looking simple and honest been so fake and complicated.