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Apple Not Disabling OS X Atom Support After All
bonch writes "Contrary to previous reports, Atom chip support is working fine in the latest 10C535 build of OS X 10.6.2. Apple's EULA still states that OS X is licensed to run only on Apple hardware, but it looks like OSX86 hackers can breathe easy ... for now."
Not doing any worse than typical newspapers (of today and for the past two hundred years). But yes, yellow journalism makes me want to smack someone.
It's too bad they did, because now all the hackintards who screamed and bitched will falsely think they have some power and so will do it again next time their stupid plans to pirate Apple's OS are thwarted. "We want FREE as in FREEDOM, but with Apple's OS!" What a bunch of lazy morons -- let them code their own OS, I say.
Face it peeps, only Linux or Windows are man enough.
It is well established that many geeks falsely believe that EULAs are not legally binding.
Way to put words in my mouth for an easy +5. I didn't say Apple would "probably" do anything. The remark was nothing more than a tongue-in-cheek reminder that you can't expect OS X to always support non-Apple hardware. It's just common sense.
If you think that's editorializing, sensationalism, or a "veiled threat," you take things a little too seriously.
Oh, are there people who haven't maxed their karma?
Hey, all it takes is somebody with Mod Points pissed at you.
Lars T.
To the guy who modded me down from perfect to terrible Karma - Apple haters still suck
Apple Monopolies
Like Microsoft made a monopoly by bundling IE with Windows, so too does Apple create a monopoly by bundling Safari and iTunes with Mac OSX, thus shutting out Firefox, Real Player, Napster, etc.
Apple limits what machines can run Mac OSX, which is in violation of the Sherman Antitrust Act. This is the argument that Psystar is trying to make in that Apple has created their own virtual Mac Monopoly and shut out all competitors by making it so that only Apple machines can run OSX and nobody else. Mac OSX is based on the MACH kernel and *BSD Unix, which was designed for running on all sorts of machines and devices, but Apple violated the BSD license by only running OSX on only Apple brand computers.
Apple has a monopoly on iPhones and iPods, and other hand held devices because they have a large marketshare and they locked them so that only iTunes and the Apple App Store can put media files or software on them. Thus forcing people to use Apple's web services. According to the Genis Book of World Records Apple.com is the second most used web site for buying media files. Which goes to show that forcing iTunes on everyone who buys an Apple product proves a Monopoly. With that much in sales, they are creating a Monopoly and shutting out competitors.
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