[George W. Bush]

That it is enforceable is questionable.

Sure enough. May not be enforcable. You wanna take on their legal team? There's a lot of language and clauses there. As the original article on this thread points out, the Vista license is far more onerous than any other in MS history.

Are you guys really so happy that Microsoft reserves the right to inspect every file on your system and delete anything it doesn't like with no recourse for you? BTW, I'll remind you that during the Vista beta, they already deleted files vital for the Norton AV beta to function.

With Apple, I get no activation, no evil license agreement, no deactivations by mistake (which has been documented many times for legit customers), no forced registrations to get Apple's updates like with WinXP's WindowsUpdate, no forced reactivation just because I added a video card or upgraded a processor...the list just goes on and on.

I guess I'm the oddball here but I just don't like unscheduled involuntary proctology exams from my doctor. I don't like my doctor being nosy about everything. That would make me find another doctor. You guys are spread-eagled on the table and apparently loving every minute of it for some reason.

[Echo Talon]

With Apple, I get no activation, no evil license agreement, no deactivations by mistake (which has been documented many times for legit customers), no forced registrations to get Apple's updates like with WinXP's WindowsUpdate, no forced reactivation just because I added a video card or upgraded a processor...the list just goes on and on.

but, in the end... you still have a rotten apple posing as a PC... ;) and thats how it's always going to be.

[Echo Talon]

jobs is the evil bastard, he makes you buy his pos hardware if you want to use his plastic/fisher price looking software.

[antiRepublicrat]

Are you guys really so happy that Microsoft reserves the right to inspect every file on your system

OS X 10.4 EULA:

4. Consent to Use of Data. You agree that Apple and its subsidiaries may collect and use technical and related information, including but not limited to technical information about your computer, system and application software, and peripherals, that is gathered periodically to facilitate the provision of software updates, product support and other services to you (if any) related to the Apple Software. Apple may use this information, as long as it is in a form that does not personally identify you, to improve our products or to provide services or technologies to you.

All of the major proprietary EULAs have something I don't like. Apple of course also has the famous "you can only run it on a Mac" clause.