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Mac OS X Intel Kernel Uses DRM
An anonymous reader submits "Several people have discovered that the new Intel kernel Apple has included with the Developer Kit DVD uses TCPA/TPM DRM. More specifically, it includes "a TCPA/Palladium implementation that uses a Infineon 1.1 chip which will prevent certain parts of the OS from working unless authorized."
Of course, the Apple aplogist brigade will say they've always said that DRM and Treacherous Computing were A-OK with them.
I too have felt the cold finger of injustice.
Well...if you think about it, they never really needed DRM for their OS before. Basically, using PPC was their DRM. Now, they kind of have to do it, don't they? Otherwise someone will hack OS X to work on any machine with an Intel processor and that will cannibalize Apple's hardware sales.
Most people on this site feel that protecting your profits is unreasonable and immoral, if you haven't noticed...
evil adrian
unforgivable the first move was already unacceptable, now this is too much. they deserve mass boycott for this. everyone should switch to linux.
Assumption that I'm a thief and making me jump through hoops instead of just letting me work.
Refusing to let me uninstall apps I don't want.
Refusing to abide by ratified W3C standards so I get people whining that my site doesn't work with their piece of crap browser and then stewing when I tell them to click on the link that's right there on the page that validates the page as good HTML.
Constantly trying to foist needless upgrades on people that aren't necessary and just result in more headaches for me in tech support, like item 1 above does.
Actively interfering with my ability to choose what OS I might want to use on a computer that I buy on the rare cases I might want to buy a whole new PC from some big company.
Actively (in the past) interfering with competitors' software that they decide they don't like and then not coming up with a satisfactory excuse for why.
Stupid and frivolous lawsuits.
Monopolistic tactics (convicted of it).
Weaseling out of the punishment that they should be forced to induce.
I'm sure there's a zillion more. Those are the big ones.
i am a soviet space shuttle
Ok? Got it? If you really wanted OSX as much as you purport you would have bought a mac mini.
Question: why in the world would I want to spend $500 on a crappy Mac Mini when I've got an Athlon X2 sitting on my desk? My computer is pretty fast, but its still not fast enough for some of the stuff I run. Why on earth would I want to downgrade so much?
On the other hand, I'd happily pay Apple $200 (or whatever they're charging for OS X these days) every upgrade cycle to run OS X on my computer. It's not about cheap, it's about choice!
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