psystar revisited

psystar is under the gun and may be down for the count or could this go in a direction that ends OS X exclusivity on Apple hardware?

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• apple
• efi
• mac
• open
• os
• osx86
• pc
• pro
• psystar
• rom
• vs
• woz

[72WILLIE02]

the grey beard has a intel mac pro.. is the sky falling.. is the world really flat... has mrbit lost his marbles.... is y2k late.. anyways i dont see the harm in vendors using osx.. my next computer will be a imac no matter how this case pans out.. this imac i have now has worked great for me so why would i try a different vendor with osx ... i am sure other people are like me so i dont see it hurting apple at all.. hey it would be great to have more mactards out in the wild

[mrbit10]

lol, great to see you, thanks for the comment. no worries the G5 is now the Server in the house ;)

[1xxxDre4mxxx1]

COME ON PSYSTAR! YOU CAN DO IT!, apple will be forced to release it on pc eventually because . . . of anti trust. microsoft keep getting FUCKED by people left right and center . . . bout time it happebnd to apple.

[sojioguns]

EVERYONE SHOUT BLURAY! BLURAY!!

Take a trip to Nigeria and check out how much the so-called Apple licensed distributors sell the hardware. A Macpro could be sold at about 850,000 Naira and converting at 118 Naira to a dollar = $7,203. That could get me more than 4 Psystars.

[donthate08ter]

That may be, but obviously OSx86 machines will be able to run Tiger and Leopard. Until Snow Leopard comes out, you can't make that claim just yet.

[martinitime1975]

I think this is all a vanity play by Steve Jobs. He thinks that anything not approved by him is ugly, and he's appealing to the ultra snobby portion of the fanbase, giving them the exclusivity they desire (true Mac fanboys don't WANT the masses to have Mac's). What Apple is really afraid of is having to justify their premium price for really low end hardware. People buying $500 psystars would never buy a real Mac. They buy $500 pc's. Hey Steve: $155 is more than $0, genius.

[Alien3nema]

I for one would love to install os-x on my pc's. ive grown tired of windows over the years and the amount of control Microsoft tries to exert over my experience, especially taking a position against my media habits and trying to enforce restrictions on me. they should leave that to those that hold the rights. i started playing with Linux years ago and its getting better, still, no more than a hand full of quality apps. most just feel like home made crap. sure, i want to give os-x a shot.

[MrYiu08]

I was meaning to reply to emeek: "How dare a faitful mac user speak of putting osx on a fucking beige box."

[blacksteel25]

PC /= black box. - MrYiu08

Just a little correction there...

[blacksteel25]

The clones made Apple's hardware sales go down. -MacOSXrulez

Not exactly, that was part of it too. The large part was that Win 95 was dominating the industry, Apple couldn't compete because their OS and applications fell behind. Apple was looking to update their OS, some consideration were BeOS, Sun, NextStep, and even Microsoft. Apple chose NextStep from Steve Jobs, beating out BeOS as the high contender. The rest is history.

[MacOSXrulez]

"So what's the reason, from Steve Jobs statement it meant any computer (PC)."

PC: IBM or compatible computer. PC has two meanings.

"The Apple clones were not managed correctly, quality went down, and Steve Jobs stepped in."

EXCUSE. The clones made Apple's hardware sales go down.

[MrYiu08]

PC /= beige box.