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Psystar Wins a Round Against Apple
Daengbo writes "'A federal judge last week ruled that Psystar Corp. can continue its countersuit against Apple Inc., giving the Mac clone maker a rare win in its seven-month-old battle with Apple.
He also hinted that if Psystar proves its allegations, others may then be free to sell computers with Mac OS X already installed.'
Apple is currently suing Psystar over its sale of Mac clones."
This is great news for everyone, because then we don't have to buy shitty macs (I have one, I know, I will never buy any more Apple hardware.)
I apologies for all the mac fanboys who will have to answer this telling me how I'm wrong.
No, my friend. You are the arrogant one, for assuming that I was expanding my argument to all mac buyers. I don't I accept that for certain tasks they are the standard, and I don't have a problem with it. I never said I knew more than all Mac users.
I was actually referring to the Starbucks slurping, Khaki wearing, self appointed kings of techno-cool. You don't want to run Ubuntu on everything. Fine. That's your prerogative
I missed off the major thing that gets my goat about Macs. And that's that Mac users take everything that isn't fawning appreciation as an attack. Which you helpfully revealed at the end of your post.
So forget growing up, why don't you fuck off?
I would love to see OS X reach wide adoption. Once people aren't overlooking the obvious flaws to justify the purchase of their expensive pretty computer, the piece of crap that is OS X will be exposed.
Similes are like metaphors
Ladies and Gentlemen, my proud rating above is sad proof that the Slashdot mod system is broken - you make a joke and some sad-sack left-wingnut or Applehead with modpoints calls you a "troll."
The same for Brad's post right before, too; Apple hardware is overpriced compared to identical hardware available in any other channel, and Apple's only "advantage" is Mac OS X... but half the people buying a Mac turn around and use Boot Camp + Winxp anyways these days.
If you can read this sig, congratulations, you have your glasses on!
Troll. Neither the box nor the EULA mentions the software being an upgrade version.
This is more akin to (but not exactly the same as) an OEM license being tied to the specific hardware it's sold on.
Put identity in the browser.
How does it check for hardware? EFI is an open standard. The disk will boot and install on any EFI-capable board.
Your argument is flawed on every level. Stop the talking points already!
Put identity in the browser.
You refuse to grasp that these are two different things. Requiring certain hardware doesn't make it an "upgrade" no matter how many times you repeat it to yourself or others. Don't delude yourself. Stop using a talking point you read somewhere and think for a moment.
If it were an upgrade, Apple would still be marketing it as an upgrade the way they did with Tiger. They are not. They could quickly and easily (and without any court battle) eliminate Psystar and all other would-be cloners by clearly labeling Leopard as an upgrade, as I recommended back in July. That they aren't doing that should tell you something. (Hint -- It should tell you that it's not an upgrade.) Why they refuse to go that route, I don't understand, but they must have a reason.
Put identity in the browser.