First off, I would like to state that I do not own a Mac and have never owned a Mac. I don't understand why there is so much fuss about wanting to run OS X on non Apple Machines. Apple owns such a small piece of the market, and all of these people want to become a part of it like its the new wave of being accepted by your peers. Frankly, advertising has done a great job for Apple as it has instilled instrumental values in people. If you want Leopard, go buy a Mac. I have been building computers for people for years and every single one of them wanted 100 compatibility with the lowest price possible and guranteed satisfaction. If Apple is forced to give up OS X, can you image all of the people demanding compatibility with their hardware? Apple could set limitations but even then, if something bad happens to someones computer hardware due to interopability, and say causes a fire and burns their house down then Apple has just commited a tort. There are so many alternatives to OS X that arguing that they have a monopoly on OS X IS HILARIOUS. You are shooting yourself in the foot with that argument. If you feel that you are being forced into Windows try Ubuntu. As a consumer you always have the choice to not buy what you do not want. Clearly what is presented before us is the case of the forbidden apple. Only this time, the apple is not just a metaphor and it's protected by the tree of constitution. P.S. EA can have my soul, because I can see in the future that their stocks will plummet so low that a 51% majority shareholder will have made 183% of return on his souls instrinsic value.
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First off, I would like to state that I do not own a Mac and have never owned a Mac. I don't understand why there is so much fuss about wanting to run OS X on non Apple Machines. Apple owns such a small piece of the market, and all of these people want to become a part of it like its the new wave of being accepted by your peers. Frankly, advertising has done a great job for Apple as it has instilled instrumental values in people. If you want Leopard, go buy a Mac. I have been building computers for people for years and every single one of them wanted 100 compatibility with the lowest price possible and guranteed satisfaction. If Apple is forced to give up OS X, can you image all of the people demanding compatibility with their hardware? Apple could set limitations but even then, if something bad happens to someones computer hardware due to interopability, and say causes a fire and burns their house down then Apple has just commited a tort. There are so many alternatives to OS X that arguing that they have a monopoly on OS X IS HILARIOUS. You are shooting yourself in the foot with that argument. If you feel that you are being forced into Windows try Ubuntu. As a consumer you always have the choice to not buy what you do not want. Clearly what is presented before us is the case of the forbidden apple. Only this time, the apple is not just a metaphor and it's protected by the tree of constitution. P.S. EA can have my soul, because I can see in the future that their stocks will plummet so low that a 51% majority shareholder will have made 183% of return on his souls instrinsic value.