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To: Swordmaker
Paul Thurrott buys a MacBook... to run Windows Vista... PING!

You would see plenty of Windows computers running Mac/OS on a dual boot. But Apple doesn't permit this
It would put the little snots at Apple on the bread lines

There are millions and zillions of computers out there that can run an Apple/OS just as well as an Apple computer. Only thing holding them back is 
a) It is against the law
b) Apple has the OS and motherboard BIOS rigged to make is very difficult to flawlessly run and update the Apple OS on standard computers

4 posted on 06/16/2008 11:42:51 PM PDT by dennisw (We have an idiocracy not a democracy)
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To: dennisw
It would put the little snots at Apple on the bread lines

Dennis, Dennis, Dennis... you can't make a comment without a slur. Sad.

Your jealousy is unbecoming—those "little snots" have created the best operating system in the world. If you want to run OS X, BUY a Mac—even a used one—it'll work fine.

5 posted on 06/17/2008 12:01:40 AM PDT by Swordmaker (Remember, the proper pronunciation of IE is "AAAAIIIIIEEEEEEE!)
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To: dennisw
But Apple doesn't permit this It would put the little snots at Apple on the bread lines

Oh woe! Would if they only have the enlightened licensing/upgrade policies of MSFT!!! LOL.

12 posted on 06/17/2008 5:13:11 AM PDT by Tribune7 (How is inflicting pain and death on an innocent, helpless human being for profit, moral?)
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To: dennisw
You would see plenty of Windows computers running Mac/OS on a dual boot. But Apple doesn't permit this

If OS X were written to make it as runnable on a generic PC as Windows is, it would have to become as big and bloated as Windows. Even if that were done, it would still be compatible to the same chorus of hardware compatibility whines as any Windows installation.

If you really want the heart of the OS X experience on a generic PC, run Free BSD on it. Yes, that's "free, as in beer."

24 posted on 06/17/2008 9:18:18 AM PDT by BlazingArizona
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