This marks the end of an era. A very short one, but an era none the less.
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Yes. An era where a company tried to get away with using another companies product against its license that it had to agree to..
Oh well. Maybe this will show Apple that people want machines for cheaper.. I myself would like to see a more PC like mac.. Maybe like $600, iMac~ish specs, not an all-in-one.
Originally Posted by TestECull  This marks the end of an era. A very short one, but an era none the less. |
Oh well. Maybe this will show Apple that people want machines for cheaper.. I myself would like to see a more PC like mac.. Maybe like $600, iMac~ish specs, not an all-in-one.
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in ~2 years they sold ~800 machines
Originally Posted by Lelouch Yes. An era where a company tried to get away with using another companies product against its license that it had to agree to.. Oh well. Maybe this will show Apple that people want machines for cheaper.. I myself would like to see a more PC like mac.. Maybe like $600, iMac~ish specs, not an all-in-one. |
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Yeah it just proves that people buy macs not for the software but for the logo on the hardware... Slap an apple logo on anything and theyl buy it.
Originally Posted by oregonducks45 in ~2 years they sold ~800 machines |
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Well then, it wont.
Oh well. lol. Where'd you get those figures anyways?
Originally Posted by oregonducks45 in ~2 years they sold ~800 machines |
Oh well. lol. Where'd you get those figures anyways?
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two years ago my school bought a crap load of mac laptops for the 'classrooms of the future' project. All classrooms got smartboards and about 30 macs for every 2 classrooms and a mac for every teacher. A lot of other schools did this as well.
Not defending mac in any way shape or form. I despise mac in every way and I hate using them in school, but I'm just wondering where you get your information from.
Originally Posted by oregonducks45 in ~2 years they sold ~800 machines |
two years ago my school bought a crap load of mac laptops for the 'classrooms of the future' project. All classrooms got smartboards and about 30 macs for every 2 classrooms and a mac for every teacher. A lot of other schools did this as well.
Not defending mac in any way shape or form. I despise mac in every way and I hate using them in school, but I'm just wondering where you get your information from.
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I think he was referring to what Psystar sold, not Apple.
Originally Posted by Tempest001
two years ago my school bought a crap load of mac laptops for the 'classrooms of the future' project. All classrooms got smartboards and about 30 macs for every 2 classrooms and a mac for every teacher. A lot of other schools did this as well. Not defending mac in any way shape or form. I despise mac in every way and I hate using them in school, but I'm just wondering where you get your information from. |
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This is the issue though, OSX "cannot" be installed on non Apple systems or sold separately. Which is what Psystar was doing wrong in bundling their prebuilt systems with OSX.
Originally Posted by Bluescreen_Of_Death AFAIK they still sell computers with mac-like specs and simply include a copy of OSX with it. Its your choice to install the OS. |
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Yes but they didn't install OSX on their systems they just sell the hardware with a copy of osx and the user installs it. The user is the one breaking the apples TOS when they install OSX on non apple hardware.
Originally Posted by Flatliner This is the issue though, OSX "cannot" be installed on non Apple systems or sold separately. Which is what Psystar was doing wrong in bundling their prebuilt systems with OSX. |
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OS X can and is sold separately.
It's true it cannot be installed, legally, on non-Apple hardware, but OS X can certainly be sold via Retail without a system.
They can still sell their pre-built compatible computers, and just include a copy of OS X. That is no different at all from someone buying one of their computers and then going to Fry's and picking up a copy of OS X.
Originally Posted by Flatliner This is the issue though, OSX "cannot" be installed on non Apple systems or sold separately. Which is what Psystar was doing wrong in bundling their prebuilt systems with OSX. |
It's true it cannot be installed, legally, on non-Apple hardware, but OS X can certainly be sold via Retail without a system.
They can still sell their pre-built compatible computers, and just include a copy of OS X. That is no different at all from someone buying one of their computers and then going to Fry's and picking up a copy of OS X.
All this proprietary software and pre-built nonsense is the second best reason I have to stay away from macs (first is outrageous prices). I commend Psystar on trying to show apple what they could gain by selling more pc-like systems with OSX installed. Unfortunately, as someone has already mentioned, if it doesn't have the logo and fresh scent of smugness, you won't attract many (which, imho, just goes to show how little appeal the OS itself has). Apple was making money from the sale of the pre-installed copies anyway, maybe psystar should have sold a few more
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That being said, legally speaking, Apple can't lose. I mean, it was pretty much a blatant violation of license agreements, etc. Psystar will be lucky to come out of this with a penny in their pockets.
I wonder if anything will happen to those (alleged) 800 systems that were sold?
That being said, legally speaking, Apple can't lose. I mean, it was pretty much a blatant violation of license agreements, etc. Psystar will be lucky to come out of this with a penny in their pockets.
I wonder if anything will happen to those (alleged) 800 systems that were sold?
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