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Mac OS X Cracked For PCs Again
An anonymous reader writes "Ars Technica and The Register are reporting the Apple Kernel 10.4.8 has been cracked using Apple's publicly available source trees. This is the first time Apple was hit by hackers again since Maxxuss silently left the scene.The funny thing about this is the hacker who cracked OSx has released his sources according to APSL. He told Ars Technica in an interview that he did this because he believes in freedom of information, but will this now harm Apple's opensourceness?" From the article: "Unfortunately, free and legal are not necessarily the same thing, and the EULA for OS X requires Mac hardware. However, there is an interesting comment on the blog, one that asserts the requirement of Mac hardware is a "post-sale" restriction. Such a restriction may not be applicable in certain countries, such as those of the European Union. Expect to see what Apple Legal thinks about that shortly."
No, it hasn't.
"Sufferin' succotash."
They shouldn't exit the market. That's just a stupid idea. They should, instead just make hardware that really is better than your average Dell Precision (which is pretty darn good, I use them). They need to seriously justify their prices. The Mac(Book?) Pros need to use m-audio or e-mu chipsets for audio with decent DACs, Quadros and FireGLs for video, offer 10k RPM Seagate drives on desktops with some nice HW RAID devices and setups, offer better screens (700USD for a...20"??? I can get a 24" dell for 100 USD more!!!). Then offer better laptop quality, I've owned an Apple in the past and it was a mistake. TiBook construction was terrible. Maybe put some paste on your heatsinks...or silver paste would be even better!
It won't cost you much more Apple, and if you start making Really Decent Boxen, you'd earn real kudos with a number of audiences. And then we could all prance around knowing that being an Apple Fanboi isn't a sin anymore.
Good. Cheap. Fast. Pick Two.