Confirmed: Apple files suit against Psystar
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Just in the earlier days (I don't know whats under the hood now) but they were running scsi drives that were faster, early adoption of firewire, and also digital video outputs. I guess thats what I was thinking of. They could adopt these standards faster because they didn't have to worry standard case dimension specifications, new board compatibilty with older boards. That is my understanding.
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Cheers, like i said i dont really know a lot about the hardware of old so examples help me
In terms of modern hardware i understand macs and PCs are on a pretty level footing really. The only difference being, as you said, macs dont have to worry about standardisation of their hardware in the same way PCs have to.
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The point of my post seems to have been missed. The second link
shows that Psystar doesn't even have a base! It looks like their
web site / sales deck was a scam!Mike
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I read about them a while ago, when they first started up, and there was indeed some funny business, although i thought the latest reports were that people were getting their machines, so i assumed they were legit. I'll try and find the relevant article.
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Well theres a review here and here, so some machines are getting out.
Saying that its not looking too good for the companies future: http://gizmodo.com/5026988/psystar-hq-up-for-sale-buy-it-now-for-46-million
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Yeah, sorry to hijack the thread for a few turns there Mike. I also read an article showing that they appear to not even exist. Who knows, those machines that were delivered might be a part of the hoax too. Or maybe they are something hacked together by a guy just to make it look legit and actually sent out to real customers. Its a silly thing. I hate Mac.
Chris
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If a person.. say me, decided to buy a "PC" but not format it for "Windows" and install "OS X", could this not be done? or would the Bios need to be changed as well? If OS X is so much better than Windows... Why can't people do it themselves?
Mike RL
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Sorry.. I think I meant "DOS"
Mike RL
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Can be done.
3 easy steps:
http://dailyapps.net/2007/10/hack-attack-install-leopard-on-your-pc-in-3-easy-steps/
I cannot see why one would not be allowed to if you purchased the Mac OS legitimately.
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Its in the apple EULA, no idea why but it is.
Mike, its not quite as simple as that. There are 2 major problems. Firstly all apple computers have a little chip in them that verifies the computer as apple hardware, without this the machine (theoretically) cant boot up os x. The second problem is the lack of hardware drivers. Because apple is able to control what hardawre goes on their machines they only have drivers for a very select few bits of kit, so anything that isnt used by apple anyway has to have modded drivers written for it by someone.
Their are work arounds, obviously, but these are the main obstacles to installing os x on standard hardware.
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so... damned if you do.. damned if you don't. You can either pay too much for Mac or pay little for PC and a bunch more to "renovate".
Being that Mac has "allowed" the ability to install widows on their computers, should they have the courtesy to reciprocate??
Mike RL
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Hey SOLO
You think they'd let me install my copy of Leopard, which is on my Mac, onto my wife's PC?? I guess the registration might be a problem, huh?!?
Mike RL
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well now after hearing about the EULA restrictions, I guess not as that would be illegal.
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i think its technically possible, although not legally.
I didnt realise you had to register os x, i thought it just worked straight out of the box? correct me if im wrong, as i dont use os x at all...
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Just like XP and Vista, it comes with the computer but if, as in my case, it came with an older version, OS X 9.x Tiger, and you want to upgrade to OS X 10.x Leopard, you have to install and register it the same as you would and Windows operating system (hence OS by the way).
Mike RL
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