Nicola Hahn is incorrect. No one has stated that Apple has the ability to, "remotely update code on a device automatically, without user intervention".
The method the device would be updated requires DFU (Device Firmware Upgrade) mode, physical possession of the device and a USB connection to a PC/Mac: https://www.theiphonewiki.com/...
Way to grab a headline, though...
A full wipe & install would get this.
Most system restore disks "image" a disk. This would include the boot sector.
If a regular OS install disk is used, maybe not.
The ONLY guaranteed method of removing ALL Spyware/Key-logging software is to reformat & start over. Some of the nasty stuff is near impossible to get rid of.
The only "Retail copy of Leopard" is an UPGRADE for existing owners of previous versions of OS X.
$399 does NOT include Leopard installed. It's an additional $155 (they raised the price by $5, since yesterday), and it's a hacked version. Psystar even recommends you NOT install updates, until they "test & approve" them. This is because some low level updates (kernel, KEXT's, etc.) will likely render the Psystar installed Leopard unbootable.
You also have to add Firewire, for $50. That brings the total to $604. That makes it MORE expensive than a Mac mini, and DOES NOT include iLife '08, Bluetooth or 802.11n Wifi.
Sounds like a BARGAIN!;^)
First, ALL sales of OS X, as software in a box, are UPGRADES. You have to previously own OS X, to purchase the current boxed version - it says this on the outside of the box. All other sales of OS X, are included with new Apple hardware.
They are NOT two separate products or services (OS X & Apple Hardware). You can't buy OS X, unless you buy Apple Hardware. You can ONLY upgrade OS X, if you already purchased Apple Hardware.
Apple has no "sufficient economic power" to "appreciably restrain free competition in the market" of PC's.
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It has a re-write: https://www.ntpsec.org/ NTPSec is sponsored by HP and several other large institutions (banks, governement, etc.)
Nicola Hahn is incorrect. No one has stated that Apple has the ability to, "remotely update code on a device automatically, without user intervention". The method the device would be updated requires DFU (Device Firmware Upgrade) mode, physical possession of the device and a USB connection to a PC/Mac: https://www.theiphonewiki.com/... Way to grab a headline, though...
A full wipe & install would get this. Most system restore disks "image" a disk. This would include the boot sector. If a regular OS install disk is used, maybe not.
The ONLY guaranteed method of removing ALL Spyware/Key-logging software is to reformat & start over. Some of the nasty stuff is near impossible to get rid of.
The only "Retail copy of Leopard" is an UPGRADE for existing owners of previous versions of OS X. $399 does NOT include Leopard installed. It's an additional $155 (they raised the price by $5, since yesterday), and it's a hacked version. Psystar even recommends you NOT install updates, until they "test & approve" them. This is because some low level updates (kernel, KEXT's, etc.) will likely render the Psystar installed Leopard unbootable. You also have to add Firewire, for $50. That brings the total to $604. That makes it MORE expensive than a Mac mini, and DOES NOT include iLife '08, Bluetooth or 802.11n Wifi. Sounds like a BARGAIN! ;^)
First, ALL sales of OS X, as software in a box, are UPGRADES. You have to previously own OS X, to purchase the current boxed version - it says this on the outside of the box. All other sales of OS X, are included with new Apple hardware. They are NOT two separate products or services (OS X & Apple Hardware). You can't buy OS X, unless you buy Apple Hardware. You can ONLY upgrade OS X, if you already purchased Apple Hardware. Apple has no "sufficient economic power" to "appreciably restrain free competition in the market" of PC's.