Perhaps "they" do a little research and determine that you can use GPO to disable the parts they don't want running?
They can, in fact, disable the installation in at least two ways: GPO from Microsoft (Google for "Software Restriction Policy") OR GPO from Google (http://desktop.google.com/enterprise/index.html)
The GPO from Google (part of the Enterprise download) is able to control many of the settings -- including the sharing of index data and encryption of the indexes -- on both the Enterprise Google Desktop and standard Google Desktop.
Of course, a competent network administrator would already know that, right?
Actually, as I recall, they don't add "patches + low-level stuff" to the drive anymore than PCs do. They have an apple driver and the partition table. That's it. Apple IDE drives may have Apple stickers on them, but that's just an OEM thing.
You'll find that an IDE drive from a PC works in a Mac, and a Mac drive works in a PC.
In the old days, when everything was still SCSI on the Macs, there were Apple Firmware'd drives. Apple used this to control which drives could be formatted by their utilities.
Not a problem currently.
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Perhaps "they" do a little research and determine that you can use GPO to disable the parts they don't want running?
They can, in fact, disable the installation in at least two ways: GPO from Microsoft (Google for "Software Restriction Policy") OR GPO from Google (http://desktop.google.com/enterprise/index.html)
The GPO from Google (part of the Enterprise download) is able to control many of the settings -- including the sharing of index data and encryption of the indexes -- on both the Enterprise Google Desktop and standard Google Desktop.
Of course, a competent network administrator would already know that, right?
I've been around too many Windows users that claim "Yeah, we had Macs when I was in high school and they sucked."
Yes, they probably did suck. 8 years ago.
So unless you have tried (and I do mean tried, not "seen on tv") a CURRENT Mac and compared it to a CURRENT PC, then please STFU.
And when was the last time you saw the Alphas and Power4's being pushed to the desktop?
That is what I thought. This chip is for Mom and Dad, not for workstations/servers.
Anyone else think that perhaps these will go well with the gas-guzzling SUVs?
and it's completely hosed already?
Sheesh.
Perhaps they should've used the $500 dollar heat sink on their server and kicked it up a notch.
Actually, as I recall, they don't add "patches + low-level stuff" to the drive anymore than PCs do. They have an apple driver and the partition table. That's it. Apple IDE drives may have Apple stickers on them, but that's just an OEM thing. You'll find that an IDE drive from a PC works in a Mac, and a Mac drive works in a PC. In the old days, when everything was still SCSI on the Macs, there were Apple Firmware'd drives. Apple used this to control which drives could be formatted by their utilities. Not a problem currently.