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Ornery

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Most of them will be able to install it on their own computers and run it and the full suite of iLife ?05 applications at full speed, and run most existing Mac software in translation. As a result, Apple will give thousands, possibly millions, of people a taste of Mac OS X running full speed on their own PCs. Apple?s giving their potential future customers a free taste, that?s what they?re doing. It?s a try-before-you-buy deal," Harrell writes.
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WTF would you pay top dollar for Mac hardware, if it will run on non-proprietary Wintel machines? :confused:
 
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Dubb

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Originally posted by: Ornery
Most of them will be able to install it on their own computers and run it and the full suite of iLife ?05 applications at full speed, and run most existing Mac software in translation. As a result, Apple will give thousands, possibly millions, of people a taste of Mac OS X running full speed on their own PCs. Apple?s giving their potential future customers a free taste, that?s what they?re doing. It?s a try-before-you-buy deal," Harrell writes.
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WTF would you pay top dollar for Mac hardware, if it will run on non-proprietary Wintel machines? :confused:
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I think the theory is that the developer build will run on many PCs, but the final retail won't.


you get to use it for a year or so, but then if you want to keep it beyond is expiration date, or move up to speedier, newer versions, you gotta buy a mac.
 
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Rent

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Originally posted by: Ornery
Most of them will be able to install it on their own computers and run it and the full suite of iLife ?05 applications at full speed, and run most existing Mac software in translation. As a result, Apple will give thousands, possibly millions, of people a taste of Mac OS X running full speed on their own PCs. Apple?s giving their potential future customers a free taste, that?s what they?re doing. It?s a try-before-you-buy deal," Harrell writes.
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WTF would you pay top dollar for Mac hardware, if it will run on non-proprietary Wintel machines? :confused:
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Apple will be moving to X86 processors in the next 2-3 years, so devs are probably working on "compatible" versions of software...
 
alkemyst

alkemyst

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Apple's still have a fit and finish above a lot of the typical Dell's/HP/etc's....

Plus the trendiness gets a lot of people hooked, not to mention the impulse buyers at Apple stores.

Whether or not an Intel chip is under the hood, an Apple is still going to have quirks that many will buy into.

I love my simple PC that I can upgrade with just about anything. I need to be self-supporting, but this is what I do for a living.
 
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her209

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I still think its a horrible idea for Apple to prevent their OS from being able to run on any type/brand of hardware.
 
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chcarnage

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Originally posted by: sm8000
I'd like to know which boards have a compatible chipset and BIOS.
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Maybe Apple isn't going to use BIOS at all.

@ original article: I think that neither did Apple this on purpose, nor won't they introduce a mechanism preventing to boot OS X on non-Apple hardware in the future.
 
alkemyst

alkemyst

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Originally posted by: chcarnage
Originally posted by: sm8000
I'd like to know which boards have a compatible chipset and BIOS.
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Maybe Apple isn't going to use BIOS at all.

@ original article: I think that neither did Apple this on purpose, nor won't they introduce a mechanism preventing to boot OS X on non-Apple hardware in the future.
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It's pretty easy to do that. Cisco Call Manager will run on only Cisco servers, a very particular one with either a special PIII 800 or 1.26 chip. The motherboard has to match, as well as the nic and HD. There is a Compaq and HP server that is non-cisco that had be had for much much cheaper and is the same that Cisco relabels.

Without that exact hardware the Cisco Call Manager (which is wrapped with a special version of Win 2000) will not install.

I have heard of other OS level products that behave the same way.

Apple will more than likely code the OS to only install for certain chipset revisions and processor / combos. There will be ways to duplicate it with non-Apple bought products, but there will be hurdles which will stop 90% of those looking for a cheap workaround as they already have to rely on phone support.
 
Platypus

Platypus

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I bet this runs like ass on x86, what the hell is apple thinking?

They're going to lose their niche market in an attempt to sell their souls to get more users.
 
Ciber

Ciber

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Originally posted by: Anubis
Originally posted by: Ciber
***Confirmed***

It's at the usual places...
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now go ahead and confirm that it works
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Would be a waste of my time since i already own a real Mac, besides I don't own any PC's.
 
Ciber

Ciber

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Originally posted by: CorporateRecreation
I bet this runs like ass on x86, what the hell is apple thinking?

They're going to lose their niche market in an attempt to sell their souls to get more users.
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You don't know what you're talking about. The dev kits run just as fast as a G5.
 
Platypus

Platypus

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Originally posted by: Ciber
Originally posted by: CorporateRecreation
I bet this runs like ass on x86, what the hell is apple thinking?

They're going to lose their niche market in an attempt to sell their souls to get more users.
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You don't know what you're talking about. The dev kits run just as fast as a G5.
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Oh I guess I don't :roll:

Tell me how they are going to have driver support?

Tell me how you can move from RISC to CISC and not lose performance on specifically designed hardware

This screams Solaris on x86 all over again.

x86 is a dying platform.. why would mac do that?
 
Ciber

Ciber

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Originally posted by: CorporateRecreation
Originally posted by: Ciber
Originally posted by: CorporateRecreation
I bet this runs like ass on x86, what the hell is apple thinking?

They're going to lose their niche market in an attempt to sell their souls to get more users.
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You don't know what you're talking about. The dev kits run just as fast as a G5.
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Oh I guess I don't :roll:

Tell me how they are going to have driver support?

Tell me how you can move from RISC to CISC and not lose performance on specifically designed hardware

This screams Solaris on x86 all over again.

x86 is a dying platform.. why would mac do that?
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I think you seriously need to read up on the subject since it seems you're under the impression that Apple is releasing OS X for PC, which is NOT the case.
 
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