Apple/Psystar to have Confidentiality Agreement

[Guest]

People should stop buying into the Mac fallacy that OSX holds any advantage over Windows or Linux. Most Mac users seem to think they have superior hardware under the hood too, and we all know that's not the case. OSX is not worth using(especially for the $3000 premium it adds to the hardware), it's nothing but a bunch of stuff Apple ripped-off from the open-source community, combined with their proprietary restrictions and crap support, and of course, their apple forum where they censor bug reports.

 

[csroger]

I totally would run OS X on my PC hardware. Not everyone can afford the crazy upgrade costs. PC hardware would let me upgrade over time. I think I can afford a new MB, RAM, Video & CPU upgrade soon but no way on the whole shooting match.
I also hate the cases, you have to pull the LCD to upgrade the HD on the latest iMac and the MacMini just sucks all around. So what I am going to spend $2700 on a MacPro with 8 cores when I don't think I can use more that 2 consistently?? I know they don't like to look generic but there are some advantages to upgradable hardware.

 

[pocketdrummer]

I would definitely use the OS. There are tons of professional applications that I would like to use on a mac right now that I can't use on my PC. Unfortunately (for both me and Apple), their systems are overpriced and not upgradable... so I don't buy them. Apple can't expect to really make a dent in Microsoft until they make their systems more accessible to regular, every-day people.

 

[pocketdrummer]

[citation][nom]waikano[/nom]Mini....Cough Power Mac.[/citation]

Power Mac? Where have you been, bro?

 

[Lunatic Magnet]

All of the PC fanbois here crack me up. I would dual boot an OSX box no problem. Yes Apple's hardware is over priced and not up to PC speediness but what does it matter if you can rip a dvd in 6 mins instead of 3 etc. The people so concerned about squeezing every ounce of speed out of their PC hardware are the ones who upgrade 3x a year just to make sure their e-peen is up to snuff.

Gaming is the only computer task where hardware really matters. Since most PC titles are Windows based it kinda makes the OSX discussion moot.

The marketing behind "it just works" is actually true to a certain degree. Out of the box a mac can edit make dvd's, edit pictures, make a webpage, watch movies and surf the web so easily a blind monkey could do it. None of that requires codecs, 3rd party software or add ons. That for a lot of users is "what just works."

 

[Guest]

I'd like to be able to try OS X but I am certainly not going to shell the money to do so. At least, I could try Ubuntu for free even if in the end, I still prefer Vista (yeah, it's not glamorous but I still think its a much more mature product that works perfectly well for me).

 

[gimarbazat]

windows seven is not bad! as far as purchasing a license for osx.. no way(once in a while I enjoy my hackintosh), i dont even want to think of spending the money on a real mac(just a WASTE, u limit yourself and accept Apple control over your life).

 

[Guest]

@Lunatic Magnet: If it "just works", then why the f$^@ does Mac have to censor bug reports in their forums? I'm into audio production, and a bunch of suckers I know who bought a Mac and Logic because Apple marketing had duped them into thinking that this was a "pro" setup have since reverted back to either Cubase or Reaper on a PC due to all of the crashes, incompatibility, and plugins that use twice as much CPU under OSX.

 

[Lunatic Magnet]

[citation][nom]WhateverDude[/nom]@Lunatic Magnet: If it "just works", then why the f$^@ does Mac have to censor bug reports in their forums? I'm into audio production, and a bunch of suckers I know who bought a Mac and Logic because Apple marketing had duped them into thinking that this was a "pro" setup have since reverted back to either Cubase or Reaper on a PC due to all of the crashes, incompatibility, and plugins that use twice as much CPU under OSX.[/citation]

Those tasks are not what the average home user would use one for. Your particular example is using a $500 software package 90% of regular users would never use.

Ley's face it OSX, Windows, Linux, BSD all have their places. As I said in another post a true geek knows the virtues and short comings of all of them.

 

[Lozil]

If apple releases Their OS to PC market then No one will buy their Apple Branded machines... So they will Hardly do that.. Bu if they do then i am buying one.

 

[Guest]

@Lunatic: Macs have no strengths, they suck at their niche markets(audio and video), and they're no better for everyday computing than Linux or Windows. Ubuntu "just works" if you're a basic email/internet/office/video/music type user, and you save the $3000 OSX surcharge($1000 for laptops). Not to mention, your hardware devices have a better chance of working on Linux, because if they don't say "Mac Compatible", then it ain't happening on OSX.

 

[Tindytim]

[citation][nom]Lunatic Magnet[/nom]Ley's face it OSX, Windows, Linux, BSD all have their places. As I said in another post a true geek knows the virtues and short comings of all of them.[/citation]
And OSX's place is the smallest. Works best for the people that want multimedia applications made for people who don't want to learning anything

Face it, OSX is for people that have a hard time doing a little reading, and understanding a few simple concepts.

 

[ik_ool]

good luck competing with windows 7....

 

[chris312]

[citation][nom]cruiseoveride[/nom]Its "unforeseeable future" not "foreseeable future"[/citation]

No, it is indeed foreseeable future. If it were unforeseeable, the author wouldn't be making any kind of accurate prediction. You should also use it's, not its in this instance.

 

[Guest]

Apple will NOT open up Mac OS X because Apple IS A HARDWARE COMPANY, NOT A SOFTWARE COMPANY!!! OS X is there to support and facilitate the sales of Macs...not Dells, not HP's, not Psystar, not some home-built PC....just MACS! Apple doesn't care whether you want to use it on your own pc's because OS X is not where they make their money. It astonishes me that people keep recycling this old "open up the Mac OS" argument while at the same time failing to understand Apple's business model. It's about Macs, iPods and iPhones. Stop confusing what you want with the desire of Apple to stay in business!

 

[Guest]

Mauricio Catão - from Brazil
Yes, I really appreciate to run a new operating system on my computer. Now I have Tree, WinVista-64, WinXP-32 and Linux. Competition is always good. Every OS has its weak and strong points and I like to test and have my conclusions. Since HDs are really cheap now and motherboards let us to choose where to boot from, without using boot managers I think there is no reason to don’t try. I don’t like the idea to buy one more computer just to try out mac os. I love Intel Compatible PCs.

 

[Guest]

Even then, Apple would likely never do it.

"Top 10 reasons to get a Mac" on their website would disappear. All those commercials will lose their value.

After all, once something becomes mass-market, it'll start getting targeted more and more. And there goes their appeal. Also, they can't sell as much anymore because you can have it for cheaper on a comparable system.

 

[nelson_nel]

OS X is nice, but it isn't good enough for me to abandon Windows. And seriously, I'm over dual-booting...

 

[Guest]

i wouldn't want to run OSX on my piece of crap ASUS Striker Extreme. ASUS owes me big time for the wasted money, time and stress/emotional turmoil of that piece of trash. just a day ago, i found the machine OFF. it had been on for days. no power outage because the machine next to it was running happily. powering it on left it hung at the POST. i had to disconnect the power cord for about 30 minutes to get it to start. then it set the memory speed below the standard 800MHz and had to go into BIOS to fix that... bleh... PC stuff drives me mad. i hate it. i used to be a tech but i can't stand this BS any more. give me a tool that works, designed from the ground-up to be a tool and not a pile of parts.