Psystar files official notice of appeal, ruthlessly attacks windmill

Endgadget ^ | 01/16/2010 | By Nilay Patel

[dayglored]

> I’m going to call Los Hermanos Psystar and see if they need any marketing help

Great idea, you do that. They definitely need something, and your help might just be the thing that makes the difference...

[dayglored]

> OSX is a turkey, is doomed

Are you just talking crap, or do you want to back that with a bet? Name the date when it dies. On or before, you win; after, I win. Winner donates $20 to FreeRepublic.

Alternately, same terms on a bet for which dies first, Windows/NT or OS-X. I'll bet the NT dynasty (NT4/2K/XP/Vista/7) NT kernel/codebase is replaced before OS-X (big-cats) Unix/Mach kernel/codebase is replaced.

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> ...if you take those Academic Licensed copies and try to sell them installed on a machine in a retail store, Microsoft WILL come down on you if you try it. They all have big stamps that indicate ‘NOT FOR RETAIL SALE’.

Much like Apple, Microsoft tolerates a certain amount of quiet abuse by individuals. Academic copies get used for non-educational machines all the time, but as long as they aren't being resold for commercial use, MS doesn't really care.

But like you say, try selling them retail and all of a sudden Rudy wants ta buy yez a drink...

[dennisw]

All bets aside ....(the next dip of this double dip recession will be Apple’s death blow)
The OS war is about to get very interesting
When google releases its Chrome OS
It just might snowball into a monster that eats into Microsoft and JobsGang share of OSs being used

Chrome OS is very broadband internet oriented (sorta needs it) and thin client oriented. You will first see it on netbooks. Chrome will kill OSX. It will slowly strangle it because you Apple fanbois are all wet....

Because The future is in cheap commodity thin clients not gussied up Apple boxxen and laptops

Commodity boxes and laptops are already much much better than the Apple fanbois think. Much better that a few years ago. It’s not as difficult as it used to be to put together a superior box or laptop that does not have hardware breakdowns

[dayglored]

> Chrome will kill OSX. It will slowly strangle it because you Apple fanbois are all wet....

Now now Dennis, you know I'm not an Apple fanboy, so save the insults for others. I just don't hate Apple, as you appear to.

> Because The future is in cheap commodity thin clients not gussied up Apple boxxen and laptops

Or gussied up Dell boxen and laptops, or gussied up HP boxen and laptops, right? If your argument is correct, then -all- the hardware outfits will be in trouble. Since Dell and HP are already in dire straits, it may be the end of them before Apple falls over.

> Commodity boxes and laptops are already much much better than the Apple fanbois think.

Currently the only thing that saves the cheap "commodity" units is the fact that people trash them within two years, before they start suffering serious hardware problems. Macs tend to have a longer useful lifetime. But we'll see if you're right, soon enough.

[dennisw]

Currently the only thing that saves the cheap “commodity” units is the fact that people trash them within two years, before they start suffering serious hardware problems. Macs tend to have a longer useful lifetime. But we’ll see if you’re right, soon enough. ........

You’ll know when the pac-man starts chomping away at the Apple stock price. Yes all box and laptop sellers will be impacted but Apple more so because more of the JobsGang revenue comes from high priced items. IOW Dell and HP are already closer to being commodity sellers

[dennisw]

I’m the Apple anti-fanboy

[SunkenCiv]

Wow! That quote from their website is the craziest leftist screed I’ve read in some time. Thanks SM.