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Apple to Lock OSXi to Apple Hardware
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. "
I for one DO NOT welcome my new trusted computing overlords.
I will not buy a computer that limits my fair use rights, not from Apple, not from Intel, not from Microsoft. I suppose soon I will be quarenteened off the Internet and forced to use only circa 2005 equipment. So be it.
"On the PC? Unscrew case, remove the HDD Cage as the memory bank just HAPPNES to be half way under it, make sure to unplug all cables because they are running all across the main board, then put in memory and reverse the whole thing. Takes me roughly 4x as long to upgrade the RAM in a standard PC than in the Mac."
Price of memory: > $60
Time to earn price of memory: > 1 hour (for me anyway, if you make more STFU)
Time to upgrade PowerMac: 60 seconds.
Value of time to upgrade PowerMac: < $1
Time to upgrade PC: 240 seconds (assuming you're correct)
Value of time to upgrade PC: < $4
Difference: $3, 1/20th the cost of the memory
Total lifetime instances of open case: 50 (guessing high)
Total additional cost: $150
Price of PowerMac: $1800 (1.8 ghz, 1 gb, 160 gb 2xDDR, 9600 XT)
Price of equivilant PC: $934 (Dell Dimension 4700, 2.8 ghz, 1 gb DDR2, 160 gb, x16 X300 SE)
Adjusted price of equivilant PC: $1084
"But I guess some peoples time is just not worth anything."
I know what my time is worth. The PowerMac looks like a pretty bad deal.
I rarely criticize things I don't care about.
but it just isn't a sound business decision for Apple
Hahah. Right. Sorry, I know you really want to believe it's not going to happen, and that you didn't waste thousands of dollars on underperforming hardware. But it is going to happen. Jobs himself has said so.
No offense to you, but Jobs runs a multimillion dollar company. You are a nobody. I think I'll trust Steve.
Also, does it make more sense to sell that experience at 2k or 100 bucks? Well, if they want to make tons of money, I'd say 100 bucks is the way to go. Making money is not about selling the product with the highest price tag, it's about two things: volume, and profit per item.
Which has more, hardware, or software? Exactly.