Posted on 08/28/2006 3:01:32 PM PDT by Panerai
It's probably more that they don't want to get into legal issues with MS over infringement. You can already run Windows on the new Macs, so why would Apple be afraid of competition from a PC?
Apple is not afraid of competition, but they don't condone piracy of their intellectual property.
It's the other guys who are afraid. Dell is afraid to design a DellOS operating system. Microsoft is afraid to manufacture computer systems, although they've been selling game systems for a while and will attempt to sell music players soon. Apple is the only company with enough courage to make "the whole widget".
Very true...
It'd be nice though if I could run Mac OS X on my cruddy pee-cee...8^)
how is it piracy if i buy the OS X software and put it on my PC? hmmm
yea and if you want one part you gotta go "all in"
uhhh, do you really want me to answer this?
Apple is afraid that their hardware business would colapse if the opened OS X up to PC's...
That would be a violation of the License Agreement. The outside of the Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger box says "IMPORTANT: Use of this product is subject to acceptance of the software license agreements included in this package"
The License Agreement says "IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THE TERMS OF THIS LICENSE, DO NOT USE THE SOFTWARE. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THE TERMS OF THIS LICENSE, YOU MAY RETURN THE APPLE SOFTWARE TO THE PLACE WHERE YOU OBTAINED IT FOR A REFUND."
The Permitted License Uses and Restrictions say "This License allows you to install and use one copy of the Apple Software on a single Apple-labeled computer at at time."
Apple has the right to set the terms and conditions of usage for their intellectual property. They have the right to restrict the installation of the operating system to their hardware only. They do allow other operating systems to be installed on Apple hardware, like Windows XP, Windows Vista, Linux, etc. It's a reasonable deal for everyone.
Apple has good reasons to restrict Mac OS X to Apple hardware. It allows Apple to provide the best quality systems on the market, it keeps support costs down, and it keeps the price of the products affordable.
I don't want Apple to waste everyone's time and money by trying to support their OS on junk from Dell, HP and everyone else. Maybe someday Apple will allow third-party manufacturers to certify their hardware for Mac OS X, but until then, Apple should not allow it on PC clones.
The License Agreement says "IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THE TERMS OF THIS LICENSE, DO NOT USE THE SOFTWARE. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THE TERMS OF THIS LICENSE, YOU MAY RETURN THE APPLE SOFTWARE TO THE PLACE WHERE YOU OBTAINED IT FOR A REFUND."
Like i said, call the Wammmmbulance...
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