Nov-04-2009Windows Live Sync for Mac finally updated for Snow Leopard
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CONTENTS:SOURCESFIND OUT MORE ON THIS SUBJECTGranted, Snow Leopard (aka, Mac OS X 10.6) wasn't that shiny in the first place, as I wrote here at the time. Apple itself calls this version
"refined, not reinvented" and sells it for the low, low price of $29. After two months of using Snow Leopard every day on a roughly three-year-old iMac, how do I appreciate this update? Not all that much, honestly. Some of its improvements have grown less noticeable over time, one problem has become a little more objectionable and one promised improvement has yet to surface. Take Snow Leopard's
changes to the Dock : While I find its scrollable "Grid Stack" pop-up listings of the Documents, Applications and Downloads folders' contents a big upgrade over Leopard's less flexible interface, I never use its "Dock Expose" preview -- clicking and holding an application's Dock icon to see thumbnail images of its open windows just takes too long. The Quick Time X video player has also been somewhat of a non-entity, perhaps because most of the time I don't do anything with a video clip but watch it inside a browser window -- and that works about the same as ever in this new software.
[1] " violations of the federal antitrust acts have damaged and will damage Psystar in its business and property because they deny Psystar business that otherwise would go to Psystar by creating doubt about the legality of Psystar computers running Mac OS X Snow Leopard," the company's lawyer's contended. "The items of damage to Psystar include damage to Psystar's business reputation and to the reputation of its products and sales lost that could have been made absent Apple's attempts to restrict Mac OS X Snow Leopard to Macintoshes." Psystar asked Hoeveler to slap an injunction on Apple that would prevent the California computer maker from "representing that Psystar's making and selling such computers is other than perfectly legal." Elsewhere in the amended complaint, Psystar mentioned the moves it has recently made to license its cloning-capable technology to other computer makers, and to sell a utility, dubbed
Rebel EFI, that lets owners of generic PCs install and run Apple's Snow Leopard.
Psystar launched Rebel EFI two weeks ago. Psystar maintained that Rebel EFI and its cloning technology are legitimate uses of software, and again said that both simply use features of Snow Leopard that Apple had purposefully included in its new OS.
[2] Mac OS X is designed and supported to only run on Apple's machines, but a notable percentage of the netbook community has shoehorned the operating system into their modest portables. Thanks the Apple's use of Intel hardware, certain models of netbooks ''' such as Dell's Mini 9 and 10v ''' are fairly comfortable running Mac OS X. But Apple doesn't seem to be impressed, if signs from an early Snow Leopard beta update are to be believed. According to this post on InsanelyMac forums, a developer build of Snow Leopard 10.6.2 is incompatible with netbooks running the Intel Atom. Melkort, a programmer known for his works on the Dell Mini netbooks, wrote in the
MyDellMini forum, "It does turn out that the 10.6.2 kernel reboots before it's finished loading (before the bsd subsystem is initialized I believe).
[3] Apple's latest update to Mac OS X - 10.6.2 - is set to remove support for Intel's Atom processor, breaking hackintosh netbooks. Apple is making moves to block the use of third party hardware, with its latest update to Mac OS X Leopard - 10.6.2 - removing support for Intel's Atom processor. The Atom chip is, of course, a staple of inexpensive netbook devices from a range of manufacturers - some of which enterprising hackers discovered were close enough to a Mac in hardware terms that they could run Mac OS X and be turned into so-called 'hackintosh' machines. While an official Apple netbook is
unlikely to ever see the light of day, many Mac OS fans found the combination of portability with their favourite operating system a big enough draw to skirt the legalities of running Mac OS on non-Apple hardware.
[4] The biggest change is the removal of support for Intel's low-power Atom processor, which has never been used in any official Apple device. Any hackintosh netbook upgrading to Mac OS X Leopard 10.6.2 will find their system no longer boots. While the update isn't yet live for download - the news regarding its removal from the kernel build is taken from the latest developer build - it makes sense from Apple's perspective: the company has long held to the claim that installing its operating system on any hardware which it has not personally approved is against the terms and conditions of the licence, to the extent of
suing companies that offer systems with legally purchased retail copies of Mac OS X pre-installed. Do you believe that this move from Apple is a dirty trick, or does the company have the right to remove support for non-authorised hardware without warning? Share your thoughts over in the forums.
[4] Reports suggest Apple is preventing support for Intel Atom chips with the latest software upgrade to Snow Leopard. According to the Apple-focused blog OS X Daily, Apple
is expanding its 'Mac software on Mac hardware-only' fight beyond iTunes and Palm Pre compatibility and to the chip set: The company is supposedly preventing support for the Snow Leopard operating system on the Intel Atom processor, which is commonly used on netbooks.
[5] It has been reported that the upcoming update (10.6.2) for Mac OS X Snow Leopard disables support for the Intel Atom processor, as Apple look to prevent the use of the software on unauthorized PCs and netbooks.
[6] Apple has come under fire this week with reports that Snow Leopard's next update, OS X 10.6.2, will disable those who are using the OS on a netbook using an Atom chip ''' commonly known as a Hackintosh. TechRadar spoke to Chris Phin, Deputy Editor of MacFormat about the news and he was reticent to say that this was a deliberate attempt to
block those who are flouting the company's licensing terms, rather something more technical-based. "Apple has been known, of course, to stop supporting some older processor architectures; think of the move from 68k, or the recent lack of support for PowerPC in Mac OS X 10.6 but if true, this seems like a very different, precision-targeted move," explains Phin. He continued: "It would be out of character of Apple to be so aggressive, however, if indeed it becomes clear that the decision was made specifically to damage the netbook hackintosh movement, such as it is.
[7] According to several Apple enthusiast sites, including
OS X Daily, at least one developer has claimed that the still-unfinished Mac OS X 10.6.2, the next scheduled update for Snow Leopard, will prevent the operating system from
running on netbooks powered by Intel's low-priced Atom processor.
[2] Bad news for those running Snow Leopard on their netbooks - Apple is reportedly pulling another Palm Pre, cutting off the operating system's support for the Intel Atom processor. Apple hasn't commented on the action, which OS X Daily dug up via its sources.
[8] Apple has now announced that the next version of Snow Leopard, OSX 10.6.2 will no longer support Intel Atom processors. Why is this significant? The Atom processors are what power the Netbook family of computers and by removing this support, Apple is trying to kill off the Hackintosh, a term that affectionately refers to a netbook computer that is running OS X. There's a lot of debate on the blogosphere with people on both sides of the fence, some believing Apple has a right to protect their technology while others take a differing view that the company should stay out of this and just sell Apple software.
[9] Apple may not want people to have a choice between a $700 iTablet and a $300 netbook running OS X. Disabling support for Atom processors would be an elegant way to nix this competition, as Apple's tablet device is rumored to run an ARM based processor designed by engineers from Apple acquisition
P.A. Semi. In the meantime OS X Daily advises anyone who has hackintoshed a netbook to stick with their current version of Snow Leopard or Leopard until a workaround is discovered.
[10] Apple has stepped up its war of attrition against Hackintosh rebels by disabling support for Intel's Atom processor in the next version of Snow Leopard. "It's not out in the wild yet, but 10.6.2 has been confirmed to kill support for the Intel Atom processor," reported
OS X Daily. "This is especially important for Hackintosh users who have hacked various Atom based netbooks to run Snow Leopard."
[11] According to OS X Daily, Snow Leopard version
10.6.2 will end support for Intel's Atom processor. This is an unfortunate blow to Hackintosh users who run OS X on netbooks, which are largely Atom-based. Those users will have to stick with an older copy of the Mac operating system, such as 10.6.1 (the latest Snow Leopard version) or 10.5.8 (the current Leopard release), as it is assumed that 10.5.9 will also bring the same Atom incompatibilities.
[12] Numerous sites are reporting that the last developer seed of 10.6.2 breaks compatibility with machines that utilize Intel's Atom processor. While none of Apple's current hardware makes use of the Atom, the software change throws a wrench into the upgrade plans of those Mac OS X users that run the operating system on third-party hardware. (Machines running OS X on non-Apple hardware are commonly called Hackintoshes because of the "hacking" necessary to get the OS running properly.)
[13] The upcoming release of Mac OS X 10.6.2 will
remove support for the Intel Atom line of processors from Mac OS X. This is of no concern to people who install Mac OS X on Apple-labelled computers, but for those of us who decide to exercise our rights as consumers by installing Mac OS X on non-Apple labelled computers should surely take notice: this practice is quite popular among netbook owners, such as the Dell Mini machines. Reports of developer builds of Mac OS X 10.6.2 killing Atom support have been around for a while, but it's now pretty much confirmed. It turns out Apple has been meddling with the information related to processors, and one result of that is that machines with Atom processors are unable to boot Mac OS X. This leaves Atom users with the following two options, an easy one and a hard one.
[14] Presumably, Apple has used the CPU ID to spot what the OS is being booted on and stop the process if it detects an Atom CPU. Whether this has been done intentionally to stop netbook hackintosh builders - who can still use 10.6.1 - or cloners like Psystar, or is even an unintentional byproduct of another 10.6.2 feature, isn't known. Nor is it known if other Intel CPUs have also been shoved out in the cold. Perhaps Apple has decided that an End-User Licence Agreement that forbids the installation of Mac OS X on any computer that doesn't carry an Apple label - you can see our Apple-labelled Sony Vaio one
here, courtesy of Apple's own stickers - isn't strong enough to put off the small DIY clone community or those interested in cloning for profit. It's all a bit sledgehammer-to-crack-a-nut, of course, since, especially as far as the hackintosh community goes. We doubt Apple is losing serious sales numbers as a result of these folk. It's surely better for Apple to sell a copy of Mac OS X than have one of these guys run Linux or Windows on a machine Apple's going to make no money out of one way or the other. Perhaps it simply sees these hackers as the thin edge of a wedge, especially if it gets as easy as
creating a hackintosh is these days. Or Stell may simply have got his or her wires crossed.
[15] No official Apple products will use low-cost, low-power Intel chips. This action follows the public assertion regarding netbooks which were categorized by Apple as being too slow. Apple is motivated to prevent unauthorized installations of Mac OS X on netbooks which are the preferred machines for this kind of piracy. Apple also made changes for the future MacBook Pro devices and this may question the deliberate character of these changes. Apple is probably intending to reject Intel Atom for the future and to prefer the ARM architecture processors for the next handhelds to be issued, the Apple tablet being one of them.
[16] Rumours are circulating that the forthcoming Mac OS X 10.6.2 update will prevent the use of Apple's operating system on hardware based on Intel's Atom processors.
[17] Apple does not use Atom processor, therefore is under no obligation to support it. Second: I believe that members of the 'hackint0sh community' should think hard about whether or not their actions are worth pursuing. Apple is able to finance R&D into their OS and software from profits from hardware sales. Forcing Apple to sell Mac OS X on its own will result in higher prices for the OS itself and more restrictive licensing practices.
[18] "I'd be less surprised to learn that there was a specific technical reason that Atom support, having been dropped from the developer build of 10.6.2, is indeed missing in the final version." Phin also gives a word of warning to those who have hacked their netbooks to work with Apple's OS, noting: "While Hackintoshing can be both fun and rewarding, especially on small form-factor netbooks that have traditionally used Atom processors, it contravenes the terms of the Mac OS X EULA, so was in any case illegal. Apple has no duty to maintain support for these unsanctioned computers."
[7] Apple seems to have discontinued the support for Intel Atom processors in the beta version of Mac OS X 10.6.2. The testers of the new Mac OS X reveal that support has changed in a manner that breaks the compatibility with the Intel chips and this includes the ability of entering the sleep mode by means of an unofficial extension.
[16] Fans of Microsoft's Windows Live Sync using Snow Leopard can have a sync party tonight the file synchronization application
received support on Apple’s latest Mac OS X version today.
[19] "If you're still using XP or are finally fed up with Vista, by all means check out Windows 7. It's certainly the best version of Windows yet -- just as it's equally true that Snow Leopard is the best version of Mac OS X," deAgonia reports. "That's why you'd be well advised to check out Snow Leopard before shelling out money for Microsoft's latest." I have Macs at home; after all, who wants to troubleshoot computer problems on their own time? My final verdict in this smackdown? It's not even close: Snow Leopard is the better OS."
[20] A COMPUTER TRAINING COMPANY in Docklands, Australia saw its telephone bill increase by more than tenfold after it installed the latest version of Apple's Mac OS X. According to the
Sydney Morning Herald, Melissa Foote, principal of Total Business Service and Training, her outfit experienced some major problems because of the way that Snow Leopard backed up data and synchronised it. She was talking to Apple about possible redress, but remains concerned that other network administrators are suffering the same issue but might not realise they have problems until they get their phone bills.
[21] According to OS X Daily, Apple's upcoming OS X 10.6.2 update prevents Snow Leopard from running on computers that use Intel's Atom CPU. If true, that would make it incompatible with the vast majority of netbooks in one fell swoop. I don't want to assume that the OS X Daily story is the real deal until it's received independent confirmation, and even if it is true, it's possible that there's an explanation that has nothing to do with Apple's attitude towards Hackintoshes. If Apple does want to foil Hackintoshes, this would be a good way to go about it. (Of course, it's entirely possible that Hackintosh makers will simply hack OS X 10.6.2 further to reintroduce Atom support.) OS X Daily wonders whether Apple might move against Hackintosh netbooks because it's getting ready to introduce a tablet.
[22] Apple appears to be removing support for Intel Atom processors in the forthcoming 10.6.2 patch for Snow Leopard.
OS X Daily is reporting that the update kills support for the processor, which is primarily found in netbook and nettop computers.
[23] Apple is preparing to release update 10.6.2 for its Snow Leopard OS, which will apparently disable support for the Intel Atom processor popular with inexpensive netbooks. It's also suspected that Apple may be wanting to phase anything out that may come in to competition with its Apple Tablet, expected to launch next year. Originally it was thought the Tablet would run on the popular Intel chipset, but Apple ditched the idea to build its own ARM-based processors instead - the company responsible for many of the processors we see in smartphones and other internet tablet devices on the market. This is not the first time we've seen Apple fiercely defending its software from unauthorised installs - it has even been known to take the matter to the courts, as it did with company Psystar over its $50 software hack.
[24] The only reason for Apple to kill Hackint0sh support is losing potential software business. Potential here means, if Apple launches its Apple netbook or tablet in future, users would already be using Snow Leopard on netbooks. Whichever strategy Apple chooses, it's not going to be end of Mac OS X on netbooks.
[18] The vast majority of OS X netbooks are running pirated versions of OS X Leopard or OS X Snow Leopard. Apple isn't going to lose any software sales by disabling Atom support but they will certainly reduce the number of pirated copied of their software being downloaded.
[3] In an amended complaint submitted last Thursday, Psystar asked U.S. District Court Judge William Hoeveler to rule that it is legally allowed to sell machines with Apple's Mac OS X 10.6, aka Snow Leopard, pre-installed. "A declaration by this Court of the legal rights of Apple and Psystar with respect to Psystar computers running Mac OS X Snow Leopard would clarify, to put it bluntly, the legality of Psystar's business -- and would remove the substantial negative effect on Psystar's business of continued uncertainty and legal wrangling between Apple and Psystar," the Florida clone maker said in the revised complaint filed in Miami, Fla. federal court.
[2] Apple's End User Licence Agreement (EULA), which anyone who has ever installed OS X will have read, understood, and digitally signed (what do you mean you just kept clicking the next button?) states that it is illegal to install Snow Leopard, or any other flavour of OS X, on anything other than an Apple branded computer. We have neither the space, nor the inclination, to get into the legal ins and outs of this particular argument in the context of this article, so let's just all agree that, legally, it's all a bit iffy. Whether it's against the law or not, the Hackintosh community is a force to be reckoned with. Every move Apple makes to stop this loose alliance of hackers from making OS X accessible to all is quickly countermanded. Such is the extent of the support offered by the likes of Hackintosh.com, it is now difficult to find a modern computer platform which won't run OS X, albeit after quite a bit of complicated poking about in the machine's operational innards.
[25] The trend of using non-Apple computers to run Mac OS X
has been increasing alongside the prominence and availability of netbooks, a category into which Apple hasn't forayed. Poor people, plebians and tightwads have been flouting Apple for a while, running Apple's precious shiny silver operating system on Dells and HPs, but it looks like Apple's planning on throwing a wet blanket on these shenanigans. Although it's not clear that this was necessarily Apple's intent, it will certainly solve Apple's Hackintosh problem.
[26] The publication also hypothesized that Apple was attempting to "shut down" the "growing and popular" Hackintosh Netbook community.'' "Mac OS X runs absolutely flawlessly on much of the PC Netbook hardware, once it's configured you wouldn't know you're not on a Mac. Whatever the reason, Apple is unlikely to pause its offensive against the rebellion - whose ranks were recently bolstered by the introduction of Psystar's $50 Hackintosh patch. It should be noted that Psystar's Darwin Universal Boot Loader supports additional operating systems, including Windows 7, XP, Vista and various Linux flavors.
[11] While the use of Mac OS X on non-Apple hardware is forbidden by the licence agreement (something that's being tested by Apple's court case against Psystar ), a fair number of enthusiasts have installed Mac OS X on netbooks. The Dell Mini 10v has been a popular choice for this exercise. It seems that among other changes, 10.6.2 takes a closer look at which CPU is installed, and as a result the updated OS won't run on an Atom. Whether this is a deliberate plan or an example of collateral damage remains to be seen.
[17] It is indeed true that OS X will run just fine on some netbooks if you install the right drivers and ktexts, but Apple's EULA has always specified that the license was applicable only to Apple hardware. There have always been processor types specified in OS X and that have to be worked around now for those who want to use an Atom or similar non-Apple-adopted processor, so this is likely no more than a hiccup on the road for the
OSX86 crowd. It raises the question: is it time for Apple to sell a license for non-Apple hardware -- priced accordingly of course -- for those people who want OS X on platform types Apple has not yet adopted, like the netbook? The only reason OS X is not on my Eee is that I want to comply with the licensing terms.
[27] A copy of OS X and an netbook probably isn't. Now at this point people start to mumble something about buggy whip manufacturers, but guess what, that's a poor analogy. Buggy whip manufacturers went out of business because people didn't want their stuff. If Apple goes under it will be because people want their stuff but don't want to pay. Even more irritatingly these tend to be the same sort of people who are outraged when some company uses Linux and doesn't make the source code available. Yeah, I know the GPL is a copyright license not an EULA. But in both cases people are using something in a way that the copyright holder has explicitly forbidden. Either you can have a copyright free world, in which case you can run OS X for free and keep your Linux fork closed source, or you live in a world with copyright where both things are illegal. That being said I don't really like Linux or OS X. Still if you do, it seems like you need to follow the terms of the license the code is under.
[27] The current developer build of OS X -- 10.6.2 -- will not run on the Intel Atom processor commonly used in netbooks that ship with Windows or Linux, according to an account in Wired, attributing the report to a hacker named Stellarola. "One of the effects of this is Apple killing off Intel's Atom chip." Stellarola suggests that while most Hackintosh users should
stick with 10.6 for now, they might try upgrading to 10.6.2 if they're running an older or modified kernel, according to OS X Daily.
[28] According to users at OS X Daily, Apple have blocked Atom processors from running OS X 10.6.2 correctly, in a move that is being seen as a strike against not only those individual consumers using the software on non-official machines, but against companies such as Psystar who attempt to sell OS X based non-Apple computers. ''Apple does not have any Atom machines in its own line-up, and if recent rumors are true are unlikely to have any
Intel Moorestown based machines at any point in the near future.
[29] While conspiracy theorists might answer "yes", it seems unlikely that Apple would target the subset of Hackintosh owners that are using Netbooks with Atom processors. When we asked our source, they said it was more likely that support was taken out during code optimization, particularly optimization for SSE4, which the Atom does not support. Is this disappointing? Sure. Is this the end of Mac OS X on Netbooks? Probably not.
[13] Apple has axed support for Intel's Atom processor from the as-yet-unreleased Mac OS X 10.6.2, it has been claimed.
[15] The Atom 330, the dual core desktop variant of the Atom line, was not properly supported from Mac OS X 10.5.7 and up; you had to turn off HyperThreading in the BIOS to even get Mac OS X to boot at all. Of course, Apple has no obligation whatsoever to look out for Atom users, as the company does not ship this type of processor in any of its machines.
[14] Apple may be reluctant to launch a netbook and given
their financial success selling mid- to high-end notebooks we can't really blame them has spawned a busy community of Hackint0sh creators, many of whom turn to humble Atom-based netbooks such as the MSI Wind for use as donor machines for OS X. ''All that might change, however, with the news that Apple
have tweaked Mac OS X 10.6.2, their upcoming operating-system update, to prevent installation on Atom-based computers.
[29] Once we re-enabled the kext, things returned to normal speeds. Deleting the file completely resulted in slower speeds once again. AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement.kext enabledNormal speedAppleIntelCPUPowerManagement.kext deleted18% slowerAppleIntelCPUPowerManagement.kext installed but disabled via secondary kernel extension18% slower With such a performance hit when running a hacked Macintosh, the Apple Tax takes on new meaning. Other notebooks may have similar performance penalties due to power management idiosyncrasies--the difference was never noticed because no one tried creating a '''Hacked Mac on a Mac.''' When Wired Magazine tried running Mac OS X on their MSI Wind, they noted that OS X ran faster on the netbook than Windows XP did.
[3] Microsoft has finally released Windows Live Sync for Mac version 14.0.8096.0903, and just like the update to Live Mesh
two weeks ago, this one is for all those new Snow Leopard users who were locked out after they upgraded from earlier versions of Mac OS X. With this new release, all is well again.
[30] I still consider Mac OS X a more pleasant software environment than Windows. I also still think Snow Leopard will bring worthwhile changes over time, both as successive bug fixes address its flaws (the next big one is
supposedly due this month ) and as third-party developers write new software to take advantage of its
foundation-level improvements.
[1] It's now been almost two months since I
reviewed Apple's
Snow Leopard version of Mac OS X -- enough time for Apple to have shipped its
first major patch to that operating system, and enough time for any new-release shininess to have dulled.
[1] Every time Apple releases a new operating system, we pull together the most essential, in-depth, and up-to-date information about the Mac OS and create a new book that gives our readers access to it all in one place. With Snow Leopard now out and rapidly gaining acceptance, it's time for us to release Total Snow Leopard.
[31] Many
Hackintosh solutions do involve downloading illegally cracked copies of the operating system, but Apple clearly isn't too concerned about Snow Leopard piracy -- the £29 upgrade edition of Mac OS 10.6 contains no copy protection and can be used for a clean install on any compatible Mac. It all seems pretty unlikely to us -- unless… Stopping Mac OS from running on netbooks would make sense if Apple is readying a similar product of its own.
[32] The 13-lesson training delivers an in-depth explanation of the new Mac OS X from desktop dock and application instruction to the new Boot Camp 3.0. The Class on Demand training methodology enables users to focus on specific new features and functions; stepping through the training in a non-linear approach best suited for their individual learning needs. To sample lessons from "Basic Training for Mac OS X Snow Leopard," including "Product Overview," "iTunes''" and "Spaces," please visit:
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[33] The part of Mac OS X Snow Leopard that Psystar interacts with is within the open-source portion of Mac OS X and makes use of features of Mac OS X Snow Leopard designed to allow software developers to extend Mac OS X Snow Leopard to work with different hardware."
[2] "Psystar's position with respect to Mac OS X Snow Leopard is analogous to that of a person developing a software application to run on top of Mac OS X Snow Leopard," the company's lawyers argued. "Just as Microsoft writes Word to run with Mac OS X and Google writes its Web browser Chrome to run with Mac OS X, Psystar writes its software to run with Mac OS X Snow Leopard.
[2] Mac clone maker Psystar has seen the brunt of Cupertino's struggle, having been engaged in lengthy court battles over the selling of unauthorized systems with Mac OS X. In October, Psystar began selling a
$50 software hack that allows users to install Snow Leopard on some Intel-based PCs.
[12] The more important difference I would point to is architectural: OS X enforces a proper separation between the OS, applications and each user's data and settings, while Windows largely does not. That's why OS X doesn't need app installers or uninstallers and Windows does. That's also why Snow Leopard's default reinstall preserves your applications, files and settings in place and Windows 7 can't do those things. I'm not doing anything "wrong" to find Windows awkward and inconvenient compared to OS X in these matters--even if I also don't think Apple moved the chains much with Snow Leopard.
[1] With all the hoopla surrounding the release of Windows 7 Apple's recent OS upgrade has gone largely unnoticed. If you're thinking 'new system software cool, but how much space does it need?' then to the good news is Mac 10.6 Snow Leopard takes up less room than its predecessor.
[34] Apple's new installation routine for
Snow Leopard (Mac OS X 10.6) improves upon Leopard's (Mac OS X 10.5) Easy and Advanced installation choices.
[35] Nothing about a previous OS is mentioned anywhere. Bottom line is it's a fully licensed copy, and purchasing and installing it one time (or five times in the case of the family pack) is not stealing. Stop calling this an upgrade only. It's not. I understand Apple's desire to keep OS X limited to their own hardware. The EULA is intended to prevent people like Psystar from making a dime on Apple's IP. Does Apple care about home enthusiasts getting the OS on unauthorized systems? Highly unlikely, if those enthusiasts are handing over $30 for the Snow Leopard disc. It's $30 in their pocket they wouldn't have had, to entertain someone's harmless fun.
[27] Stopping the low lives like Psystar trying to make a quick buck off Apple's and the open source hackintosh community's hard work is one thing but actively stopping the hackintosh community isn't so great. A lot of people that have hacked OS X onto their PCs in the past have gone on to buy genuine Apple hardware after all. I'm hoping that this is just a case of something breaking while they've updated other things. The rumors were that they originally wanted to use the Intel Atom platform but decided they didn't like the performance and so bought out PA Semi to make their own chips.
[3] If anything, Apple should consider raising Mac prices as selling record numbers of premium-prices products during "the worst economy since The Great Depression" probably indicates that Apple's Mac prices are too low. Even without price increases, perhaps because articles written by illogical people don't command much of a price, John can't afford a Mac, so in order to appease him, Apple should cut their margins down to beleaguered Dell's levels, so they can work markedly harder for significantly less revenue and soon start laying off people, closing plants, retail outlets and call centers, skimping on build-quality, and installing a bad copy of Mac OS X from a bloated, rudderless company headed by a clown who once got a very fortuitous dorm assignment.
[36] If you run Mac OS X on a non-Apple labelled computer, then you know what the risks are. Just as much as you have the right to use the software in any way you deem fit, Apple has the right to alter its software in any way it deems fit.
[14] The world, it wanted to believe, was finally coming around to the Mac way of thinking. That bump you just heard was the sound of Apple falling rapidly back down to earth, with the realization that Windows 7, in a little more than two weeks — and with little more in the way of promotion than a few
laughable house parties — has already picked up pretty much the same market share as OS X. That's not to say OS X is no good: It certainly has its moments — especially if you want to run
Dev-Team's Pwnage tool to jailbreak your iPhone.
[37] Apple Hits the Windows Wall -- ServerWatch.com OS Roundup: Windows 7 has been out for barely two weeks, and its market share already rivals that of Mac OS X, despite years of marketing and strategizing on Apple's part.
[37] Even before the launch of Windows 7 on October 22nd, the operating system was predicted to become something bigger than Apple's Mac OS X by some analysts.
[38] Like the new
Windows 7, the latest version of Apple's OS X operating system for Macintosh computers focuses on better performance rather than the eye-catching features we normally expect from Apple.
[39] The processor is used widely in the small and inexpensive netbook category of Windows computers, which are also widely hacked to run Apple's OS X operating system.
[10] Although some Mac fans have had success running OS X on netbooks, the next version of OS X will
reportedly not run on Atom processors, so Apple is effectively writing itself out of that market too.
[37] OS X 10.6.2, currently avaiable only in a developer release, includes numerous CPU-related changes that essentially render it incompatible with Intel's
Atom processor, the brain behind most
netbooks on the market. Which means that the legions of Macolytes who have dealt with
Apple's disinterest in the netbook market by cludging together their own Mac-based netbook had best watch out before accepting any updates. Atom compatibility could be folded into the update by the time of its full release, of course, but it's hard to imagine that being a priority for Cupertino.
[40] I don't think Apple did it just to block hacked netbooks. Rumor has it their tablet was originally going to run an Intel Atom, hence the support for the processor. If they aren't going to use Atom processors in any of their hardware, they have no reason to bloat the OS to support it at the software level.
[3] I can run Windows 2000 on it, and I'm pretty sure Microsoft didn't have software support for the Atom designed into it, since it predated it by more than half a decade. It should work out of the box. Maybe it's deliberate (most likely), or maybe Apple just never bothered to test with it (unlikely, but possible). Either way, it's Apple's OS, and they can do what they want with it. I don't understand why people think somehow they have a right to tell Apple what they should do with something they created. They own it, the public doesn't. Whether or not it's good for them in the long run though, is another question. Normally, when companies try this type of thing, it backfires and ends up being short-sighted.
[3] Wow, talk about missing the mark by a mile. This has absolutely nothing to do with their stuff being secure or stable, because their OS is designed, refined, and tested for Apple hardware ONLY. Of COURSE they are controlling in their hardware, IT IS THEIR HARDWARE, and it is their sole reason for being in business! I find it laughable that you say they can't handle what they put out, when their software is run on their hardware (as intended) there's no handling problems. It's when yahoos get a cheap version of the Mac OS and try to run it on foreign hardware that the problems occur - which, by the way, is exactly what this move is trying to curb. You may not like it because you can't just do whatever you want and you hate restrictions, but it's a smart move on Apple's part.
[12] Since my review ran, I've discovered another weird conflict with a third-party program: the PhotoStitch panorama-assembly tool included with Canon's cameras no longer works. Canon deserves most of the blame -- this application, which looks like a refugee from Mac OS 9, should have been updated long ago -- but the Snow Leopard installer offered no warning about this problem, and Apple's
list of incompatible software has yet to mention it. My biggest Snow Leopard disappointment, though, has to be the crash protection allegedly built into its Safari Web browser.
[1] Bad though it is, I vaguely prefer the clumping, clueless, uncool, crappiness of Microsoft's bland Stepford gang to the creepy assurance of the average Mac evangelist. At least the grinning dildos in the Windows video are fictional, whereas eerie replicant Mac monks really are everywhere, standing over your shoulder in their charcoal pullovers, smirking at your hopelessly inferior OS, knowing they're better than you because they use Mac OS X v10.6 Snow Leopard.
[41] A user writing on the Mac OS X Hints forum suggested, after having explored permissions on affected files in Terminal, that the issue is related to files being flagged by the system as quarantined. Of all the suggested causes, this one has gained the most support, and others have posited that Snow Leopard's stronger security settings are at the root of the overly restrictive quarantine attributes.
[42] If you have an unauthorized Atom system, users are advised to not upgrade to Snow Leopard Mac OS X 10.6.2, until details have been confirmed regarding the issue.
[6] Stell recommends Intel Atom Netbook users to stay on Hackint0sh OS X 10.5.8 version (Leopard) since 10.5.9 might have the same effect as 10.6.2 or OS X 10.6.1 (Snow Leopard). Other options include using "stock 10.0.0 kernel or modified Snow Leopard kernel".
[18] Any netbook user running Snow Leopard is being advised to stick to version 10.6.1 until a workaround is sorted by the Hackintosh community - something OS X Daily doesn't expect will take too long.
[24] It's been a long, long wait for Snow Leopard users (myself included) who are dancing with the devil and using Microsoft's
Windows Live Sync (formerly Foldershare), but Microsoft have finally announced an update for the application that resolves a long running compatibility problem with Apple's finest. Wearing version number 14.0.8096.0903, the new release fixes a problem with internal security certificates that completely prevented Snow Leopard users from logging into their Windows Live Sync account.
[43] Ubuntu has been fighting hard to take market share from Microsoft and Apple, and has tried to present itself as a user-friendly version of Linux ready for the masses. This release brought huge opportunities, as Snow Leopard and Windows 7 have both stumbled on problems that just shouldn't be there. Since this release of Ubuntu is relatively light on new features, I was hoping to see it step up and really show people that Ubuntu is a great alternative to those other headaches you've been dealing with. Or not. Early adopters of Ubuntu 9.10 are
reporting problems with flickering or black screens, with over 20% of users reporting problems they can't fix.
[44] Apple timed the release of Snow Leopard very well and got the price right. Most users don't understand that the price of OSX is subsidised by the price they paid for their hardware (and boy did they pay for it) and just see the low price of Snow Leopard compared to Windows. Microsoft doesn't have to convert them entirely anyway, since most of them have PCs as well, or run a copy of Windows on their Mac. The netapps statistics have an American bias as far as I remember, since most of the sites they glean numbers from are American.
[45] Hi I am a Mac user with Snow Leopard and the Apple MobileMe service and I have not had this problem. MobileMe is also an optional pay for use service, it is not included as part of Snow Leopard, the users with this problem just have the wrong folders set to sync. Secondly the title "Snow leopard drives up Aussie phone bills" is inaccurate as it is the Internet Service Provider fees that go up, not phone bills as such. Perhaps they are billing their internet and phone one the same account, but it is still their internet bill going up not the phone bill. My other comment about not upgraded the training computers to Macs because of this seems odd, as MobileMe is not part of Snow Leopard and as such would not effect them. If they did purchase the MobileMe service for each machine and set it up incorrectly then that would be another story, but at no fault of Apple or Snow Leopard.
[21] The problem was that Snow Leopard insisted on backing up several gigabytes of data daily to synchronise the Mac's data using Apple's MobileMe. That's a subscription service where users store backup data at a remote 'cloud' facility over the Internet. Australia's dominant telco and ISP, Telstra apparently charges subscribers based upon the amount of data transferred over their broadband links. A Mac user at home, she noticed her phone bill was also higher than normal, which she also attributed to the software upgrade to Snow Leopard.
[21] Based on information provided by one of the blog's inside sources, known by the user name
?StellaRolla,? the software update for Apple's Snow Leopard operating system, 10.6.2, blocks support for the Atom chip set.
[5] There's a rumour circulating on tech news web sites that the next update to Mac OS
Snow Leopard, 10.6.2, disables support for Intel's Atom processor. Mac OS 10.6.2 is only available to developers as a beta release at the moment, and the Atom news comes from a single, small blog post by one them.
[32] Should Mac OS 10.6.2 really drop support for Intel Atom processors, it could well be the strongest evidence yet that an Apple tablet is on the way.
[32] In the current developer build of 10.6.2, Apple appears to have changed around a lot of CPU related information. One of the effects of this is Apple killing off Intel's Atom chip. That's it -- there's no other supporting evidence, nor does there appear to be confirmation from anyone else with access to Mac OS 10.6.2. This hasn't stopped the story from spreading like wildfire, though. Given Apple's cat and mouse tactics with Palm over the Pre's ability to sync with iTunes, it's not beyond the realms of possibility that it's planning on stopping Mac OS 10.6.2 from running on the Atom processor (although how this could be technically achieved is open to question).
[32] Sadly, Apple is looking to stop all that: according to
Wired.com the latest update includes a modification to the kernel which restricts the processor types on which Mac OS X is capable of running.
[4] The move would highlight Apple's ongoing attempt to prevent users from running Mac OS X on unpermitted hardware.
[12] If Apple had to support the breadth of legacy hardware that Microsoft has to and include a ton of 3rd party drivers, I'm sure Mac OS X would look a lot more rickety.
[12] The Apple software license does not allow Mac OS X to be used on hardware that is not "Apple-labeled."
[5] Installing OS X on third-party hardware is nothing new. The combination of super low-cost hardware with extreme ease of installation, however, have led many to
turn their netbooks into rogue Macs.'' Apple has rarely been supportive of attempts to hack its hardware and software, as the long cat and mouse game of iPhone
jailbreaking and its lawsuit against Mac clone maker
Psystar make clear. This move may be more than just ''general animosity towards hackers, however.
[10] "With a Mac, the software works perfectly with the hardware, but that's not so with something you 'Frankenstein' together. It's like if you put a Mustang engine in a Yugo. Volchok noted that the iPhone doesn't run the full OS X, and he considers the iPhone close to being the perfect computer for its simplicity and ease of use.
[46] I prefer OS X and in fact use it on a Mac at home, but do use Windows 7 on my work computer and it really is a huge step up from Vista.
[20] The company also allows support technicians to run Windows 2000 - Windows 7, Windows Server 2003 or Mac OS X 10.4 - 10.6.
[47] Bomgar also supports remote desktops of customers running Windows 95 - Windows 7, Windows Server 2003 and Server 2008 and Mac OS X 10.3 - 10.6.
[47] Bomgar enables technicians working on Windows, Mac OS X or SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop to support remote desktops running Linux. The new release widens Bomgar's Linux compatibility on both sides of the remote support session.
[47] Mac OS X 10.6.2 will prevent Snow Leopard from running on Atom-based systems.
[16] Following in the footsteps of our popular, everything-in-one-place guides to Mac OS X (Total OS X, Total Panther, Total Tiger, and Total Leopard), Total Snow Leopard is an information-packed 102-page book featuring just about everything you'll need to know about Snow Leopard--all features, great and small. We've taken the best of Macworld's coverage of Mac OS X and distilled it into this book, including contributions from such luminaries as Christopher Breen, Glenn Fleishman, Dan Frakes, Rob Griffiths, Joe Kissell, Ted Landau, Kirk McElhearn, Rich Mogull, Dan Moren, Jonathan Seff, Michael Scalisi, Derrick Story, Ben Waldie, and Sharon Zardetto. The book includes information to help you set up Snow Leopard smoothly and take advantage of its most important features.
[31] The video-based "Basic Training for Mac OS X Snow Leopard" title delivers exceptional viewing quality combined with just under 2 hours of instruction by Tom Wolsky.
[33] Apple is reportedly breaking Hackintoshes -- meaning netbooks illegimately installed with Mac O S X -- with its latest update to Leopard.
[28] Apple has decided to kill the growing Hackint0sh community with the upcoming Mac OS X 10.6.2 update.
[18] You may "still consider Mac OS X a more pleasant software environment than Windows" but don't suffer the same short-term memory loss that many Apple fans seem to suffer from when it comes to writing about all things Apple.
[1] If you have been thinking that Mac OS X runs just on Mac machines, then say hello to Hackint0sh Netbook community. This hacking community makes Mac OS X run on non-Apple hardware and every possible Intel Atom-based netbook.
Stell's blog first came up with the information about Mac OS X 10.6.2 developer build that had different CPU related information.
[18] "Mac users are getting a product that right now Apple doesn't provide -- a netbook," said Volchok. "I know someone who made one of these using an HP notebook. He couldn't get the'sleep' function to work, so it drained the battery. He said it works perfectly on a Dell." The trouble is, these machines do not make a very good netbook. "It's a bad idea, because you can't replicate how tightly the OS is integrated into the Mac hardware, so you don't get a smooth experience," Volchok said.
[46] I know macs are supposedly more user friendly (or so I've heard), but I couldn't stand having to use what apple decide I must. If people are pissed at Microsoft for monopolising the OS market, just imagine if apple manage to take a hold with their uber locked systems, only apples OSs, only apple hardware. no thank you! One company can't possibly be make the best everything.
[12] Apple is a jerk of a company that can't handle what it puts out. Of coarse they are going to prevent the use of there os on Atom, thats how they make all there money. not through the sale of the os but the sale of the hardware as well. Imagine if Microsoft did this, here ya go win7 but you have to buy all the hardware from us and we are going to inflate the costs to you our customer. it just wouldn't fly. The only reason that Apple can do it is nobody really cares they have crap for market share on the PC world no matter how good there Iphone and Ipod do. Just shows that Apple is afraid of what might happen to its view of being "secure" or "stable" if it is being put on a system that hasn't been hand put together by them. It is apple being controlling in their hardware and not allowing customization.
[12] You said it brother. I'm not sure that they needed to do this, netbooks are still a pretty small market share, and netbooks running OS X are a tiny fraction of that. It probably isn't hurting OS X sales. Having said that, Apple doesn't design their OS to run on things they don't control, and it is their OS, so I'm not sure why there is so much outrage at this decision. Perhaps the thing that we should be getting out of this is not that Apple is a bad company, but rather that this likely means if Apple does release their long rumored tablet - it won't be Atom powered.
[12] I agree with Dodge- Apple's mission should be to make a reasonable profit but also to put OS X on the desks and laps and pockets of EVERYONE on the planet. They are sitting on upwards of $31 BILLION dollars - it's not like they're scraping by. You would think they could be a little more competitive in price to gain that market share.
[36] Right now Apple doesn't do any of that serial key, activation, or other call home bullshit. Asshat behavior like yours is going to drive them to either doing something irritating along those lines, or simply pricing a standalone copy of OS X at an obscenely high price and then just sell "upgrades" or some other such nonsense to force the tie to a piece of Apple hardware. If you don't like their terms, don't buy it, that simple. It isn't like the standard EULA where they hide terms until post sale, the Apple hardware requirement is put out there up front.
[27] Apple doesn't sell any machines that have Atom-based processors, and the licensing agreement explicitly says that OS X is not permitted on hardware that's not sold by Apple.
[23] Apple may be
suing Mac clone merchant Psystar, but its policy towards individuals who install OS X on non-Apple hardware to create "Hackintoshes" seems to have been to ignore them rather than to frustrate them. That may be about to change.
[22] Whether Apple's move to exclude the Atom crowd from the party is part of a bigger plan, or just sour grapes, only time will tell. What is certain, however, is that if a new Apple ARM-based pocketable PC is on the horizon, and the Cupertino Cabal is trying to kill off the Hackintosh pretenders to make way for a new incumbent, it will have a fierce battle on its hands. It doesn't matter how much CPU interrogation the off-the-shelf OS X installer carries out.
[25] I don't see why Apple would do this, they could simply program some kind of performance disadvantage for hardware falling under an apple-non-proprietary class of drivers then promote their operating systems as holding a major advantage while running on apple machines. That way, Apple could still make decent sales on their os software, while at the same time encouraging users to shift over to apple on the next computer purchase.
[10] An expert in Apple video applications and operating systems, Tom has authored five Apple'' Final Cut'' instructional books, developed a video journalism curriculum for Apple Computers and has a seat on the Board of Directors for the Digital Media Academy. "Snow Leopard has been receiving rave reviews since its late August release. Whether familiar or new to the Mac platform, we wanted to quickly make available a practical jumpstart guide to assist users in becoming familiar with its new features and fast interface," says Paul Holtz, CEO and founder, Class on Demand. "Tom's real-world knowledge, coupled with his passionate delivery, truly makes this video-based guide a tremendous learning experience and I am confident that our users will find his instruction methods extremely informative.
[33] While it looks the same on the surface, Apple has completely rewritten the Finder, the part of the operating system that displays the contents of the hard disk on the computer screen, in order to make it run much more smoothly. The main area in which we noticed an improvement was when using the Quicklook option that allows users to quickly peek inside files and preview their contents without actually opening them. When a user hits the space bar to activate Quicklook the preview window pops up more quickly, even with complicated files such as video clips. It can also browse through long documents containing multiple pages, which is handy when you are looking for specific information. Other options, such as
Exposé, which neatly organises all the open windows on the screen, also respond more quickly and smoothly. There is one big new feature but it's mainly suitable for business users.
[39] 
If only Apple could release special netbook version of Snow Leopard to run on Intel Atom netbooks, Windows 7 would have tough time. [18] Snow Leopard requires at least 1GB of memory before it can be installed and it will only run on Macs that use Intel processors rather than the old PowerPC processors that Apple used until about three years ago.
[39] Snow Leopard also synchs with Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 opening it up for business users who can't break away from the office. It's the first OS offer 64-bit processing and to run exclusively on Intel Macs.
[34] Snow Leopard now allows Macs to work with the PC-based
Microsoft Exchange Server e-mail system that is used by many businesses. Its new 'autodiscovery' option allows the Mac's Address Book, Mail, and Calendar programs to automatically connect to Exchange Server running on an office network. That means people can take their Macs to work - as long as their IT departments allow it - and easily exchange emails, contacts and calendar details with PC-using colleagues.
[39] On the Mac side, Windows Live Sync lost official support when Apple introduced Snow Leopard. That issue is now resolved. When it was known as FolderShare
prior to its change to Live Sync, it was a must-have service for me it offered one of the easiest and effective ways to sync data between multiple devices.
[19] APPLE HAS REMOVED all support for Intel Atom processors from the latest developer build of Snow Leopard, according to a blog post by
Stellarola.
[25] Users who are running a hackintoshed netbook with Intel's Atom processor may want to be careful next time an update for Snow Leopard is pushed out.
[10] Reports are coming in that the newest developer seed of 10.6.2 puts a halt to Hackintosh users that are running the Mac OS on an Intel Atom processor.
[13] There are already suggestions that it might be possible to come up with a modified or custom kernel to keep Mac OS X running on Atom netbooks (another strategy would be to stick with 10.6.1), but the additional effort involved is likely to discourage at least some potential 'Hackintosh' users.
[17] Many out of sheer ignorance of what Mac OS X has offered since 2001 will simply believe the MS ads claiming true multi-tasking, no freeze-ups, updated Taskbar, etc, are new breakthroughs that MS developed at the request of PC users claiming it was "my idea".
[20] Mac OS X 10.6.x users can
grab the free software directly from Microsoft.
[19] If you don'''t, you'''ll likely be sorry. There is an important distinction to be made amongst viruses and worms (which propagate without user action), malware (which propagates via seemingly innocuous user action, such as opening an email or visiting a web page), and trojans, or other malicious software which masquerade as something beneficial (in your article, pirated copies of iWork and Photoshop) to trick the user into installing something bad. There are no viruses or worms in the wild for Mac OS X. There have been a few malicious attacks via web pages, but they've been patched.
[48] OEM licensing could potentially be more profitable, but I'm unconvinced that the market for OS X is much bigger than the market for Macs - users, particularly businesses, are often held back by software requirements rather than by the price premium.
[27] If anyone could run Mac OS X on a realy low price PC then Mac gets nothing back.
[12] @kibaruk. People might want to have a second or third PC they use for basic stuff, like word processing and the like, and would rather not have a hodge-podge of different operating systems to contend with. This is especially true for the techno-challenged. If they get used to the Mac OS and then want to get another PC, but don't want to pay out the nose for a system that only needs bare minimum specs, I can see why they would definitely want to run the Mac OS on a netbook.
[12] Why would people use Mac on netbooks? If you want Mac you buy a mini mac or something like that. isn't it supossed to be best for media editing and stuff like that (Netbooks are a lot cheaper, but Mac doesn't really make up for the hardware they have). I don't think it will be a great idea.Apple should spread it's OS t low end PCs.
[12] Maybe so, but the number of folks in the world who are willing to go through the effort of putting OS X on a PC must be one-tenth of one-percent of the market that Apple would like to capture with a tablet. It would be nice to think that the two platformsif you can call Hackintoshes a platformcould quietly, unofficially coexist.
[22] Complaining about Apple will not hurt them, but withholding your funds from them sure as hell will. Well, if the 40 people in the world who realize that they can install an os that didn't come on their computer and think that OS X is worth installing withhold their funds then.
[27] Come on. I know people on /. want to be able to put OS X on any computer. but is this really a surprise ? This isn't much of a story, it's just another excuse for the licensing/purchasing/monopoly/first-sale debate we have in every Apple article.
[27] About Apple Apple ignited the personal computer revolution in the 1970s with the Apple II and reinvented the personal computer in the 1980s with the Macintosh. Today, Apple continues to lead the industry in innovation with its award-winning computers, OS X operating system and iLife and professional applications. Apple is also spearheading the digital media revolution with its iPod portable music and video players and iTunes online store, and has entered the mobile phone market with its revolutionary iPhone.
[33] Microsoft stole many features of OS X to put into Vista/Win 7 (Dock, Expose, Widgets, Sidebars). Now that Apple has streamlined OS X and added new technologies such as Grand Central Dispatch and OpenCL, I hope they surprise us with new features in the next version of OS X.
[20] Current advice to Hackint0sh users is to stick with OS X 10.6.1 and wait for the developer community to tweak Atom-blocking out of future versions of the OS. ''Apple themselves are yet to comment on the rumors.
[29] Without OS X, a Macbook is just another expensive laptop. There is also some level of positive feedback - unique hardware makes the software appear higher quality, which makes the hardware seem more unique etc - and some of the major selling points depend on hardware-software integration. I'm not saying it isn't possible that Apple would benefit from opening up their software, but it's far from being certain.
[27] With Linux that means publishing your code and with OS X it means running it on Apple hardware.
[27] OS X Daily further speculates that 10.6.2 may be an effort to cripple Atom-based Hackintosh systems in anticipation of the long-rumored Apple Tablet. No matter Cupertino's motive, here's a heads up: if you're running OS X on an Atom, it's probably best to avoid 10.6.2 until a workaround is available.
[12] There's a large and growing community of modders that build "hackintoshes" that run the OS. The tech company has a reputation for heavy-handed comedowns on these groups, including a whole pile of legal threats to
Psystar - a company that sells custom-made Apple machines. This move is regarded by many to be an attempt to shut down the hackintosh community in the same way. Groups of modders invariably move faster than big tech companies, so it's unlikely that it'll be long before a version of the 10.6.2 patch that works absolutely fine on Atom processors is found in the wild.
[23] Apple is not going to sell the OS by itself. I don't know why this has to even be repeated, but Apple is a hardware company and to sell boxed copies of OSX than ran on generic hardware would simply be shooting themselves in the foot. None, of all those who arise Phoenix-like every few months or years, lamenting the state of the OS world they find themselves in, you may notice, wants to buy the Apple hardware to run OSX on. Apparently, the natural conclusion goes right over their heads. they are not Apple customers. They seem to think that paying for a retail copy of OSX would make them Apple customers. They are wrong; that would make them Microsoft customers, because Microsoft is the vendor that uses sales of stand-alone OS's as it's business model.
[27] If you don't want to go into virtualization, there is always Crossover, a commercial implementation of WINE that enables you to run several windows apps within OSX (and Linux, for that matter). MS is going crazy believing that Apple is its competitor and is failing to see the real competition - Linux and it's soon-to-come-Google-backed distribution, Chrome OS (just add some WINE and it is ready to run windows apps. ). What would happen if people became used to paying $0.00 for their OS, instead of hundreds of dollars? It is the issue of value networks all over again, and in this case, keeping OSX hardwired to Apple hardware is what may ensure Apple's survival.
[4] The only way Apple can say that OSX is more stable than Windows is by severely limiting the hardware to a very small subset of what's available. If they opened up OSX so that is was installable on any x86 platform, they'd suffer from the same problems as Microsoft (if not worse, because at least MS has been used to writing an OS that will work on millions of combinations of hardware for the last 15-20 years) - and that way they wouldn't be able to stand on the moral high ground and thumb their noses at Microsoft. It's ironic that Apple most famous ad campaign, the 1984 hammer ad, was all about sticking it to the corporate man.
[4] You also might see that your computer shows up on the Sync website with a new name; you can safely go ahead and delete the old computer from the website without losing your files and folders. Windows Live Sync is a product meant for syncing files across two or more computers (Windows and Mac OS is supported) and sharing them with other people. It is the successor to
FolderShare, which Microsoft bought from ByteTaxi in November 2005.
[30] While doing some internal testing, Microsoft says it discovered a serious, but rare, problem in the product that could cause problems for people who used
Windows Easy Transfer, a Windows wizard that helps you transfer personal files, e-mail, data, files, media, and settings from your old computer to a new one.
[30] Windows 7 Upgrade Woes Mount: Endless Reboots and Product Key Problems Microsoft message boards are active with users complaining of upgrade problems related to Windows 7. Consumers Won't Pay $120 for Windows 7 Upgrade We've gotten used to free or cheap software, so Microsoft should offer some deals for its newest OS.
[28] Mac OS X is continuing to increase in market share, despite an explosive start to life for Windows 7.
[45] As for Mac OS X, the operating system only holds about 5.27% total market share. Within a few months, it's almost inevitable that we'll see the Vista follow-up surpass Mac OS X market share. We'll definitely keep following this one.
[38] The source of the information appears to be
Stell's Blog, which says that, for now, options revolve mostly around not updating to Mac OS X 10.6.2 or, if still running Leopard, avoiding Mac OS X 10.5.9 once that hits, as it is likely to cause similar issues.
[13] The critically acclaimed Mac OS X upgrade boasts vast performance improvements, including: 64-bit architecture, built-in support for Microsoft'' Exchange, faster startup, shutdown and installation times, and an additional 7GB of freed space.
[33] Let's not confuse that with 'innovation,'" Michael deAgonia reports for Computerworld. "Many of these features aren't new at all, and many have been available on Mac OS X for years.
[20] Hackint0sh community basically comes up with hacks to install Mac OS X on every possible netbook, with fixes and patches of course.
[18] Why. If people are paying to buy Mac OS to put on these netbooks, Apple will lose out financially if they stop this.
[4] As much as I loathe Apple and their practices, it's understandable (if you're a Mac fanboy) to limit their OS from untested platforms. Their whole business model revolves around perception as in Macs are fast and they just 'work' (and thus needs the premium price). This propaganda will continue as long as Apple are in business.
[3] Sounds like a bad marketing move to me. It just makes Apple look more like the bad guy, and I can't imagine that there are very many "Hackintosh" users. I feel like, if Apple wants to gain a bigger foothold on the computer market, they need their software to get around as much as possible. It's all fine by me though, I'm really not a big Apple fan. @Treeski: But if they do allow it, they would loose a lot, the Mac bussiness is not on software, it's on pricy hardware.
[12] The install file contained everything that the normal iWork '''09 included from Apple, however it also had a small bootable package that loaded as soon as you installed iWork. Once this trojan loaded it connected to an online repository and began funneling other trojans into your beloved computer. This may sound like any other trojan you may find by accidentally stumbling onto a pornographic website while looking for new a cookie recipe ''' damn you, Gingersnap.com ''' but it is more severe than your average information infection. This trojan has the ability to rewrite other applications and will instantly hide in back up drives and other files. Now, if you have heeded the warnings contained in this article you'''re hopefully going to reconsider your security and install some anti-virus software on your Mac, but don'''t get comfortable; your iPhone or iPod touch isn'''t any safer.
[48] I like Safari on the Mac although I hate it, like most Apple software, on Windows, but I've started using Opera and Firefox on my Mac because Safari is truly annoying.
[1] To start using Windows Live Sync with Snow Leopard, you will need to grab the latest version from sync.live.com ]] sync.live.com, sign in with your Windows Live ID, and download the Mac client software.
[30] Just like in Leopard, Safari will stop responding to any input a second or two before the cursor changes into the dreaded
"spinning beach ball of death," and then the only thing I can do is wait for the browser to snap out of it. At least Snow Leopard's Activity Monitor utility now breaks out the processor and memory footprint of each plug-in, so I can accurately condemn Adobe's Flash plug-in for its appetites. A few Snow Leopard users have discovered a much more serious problem: a
rare but gruesome bug, still fixed, that caused Snow Leopard to wipe out all of their data after somebody else logged into the Mac using its Guest Account option.
[1] The feature called IDISK is part of Mobile Me and yes it can be turned off. Snow leopard does not by default use this to backup. Again it shows how stupid users are people this dumb should not be allowed to have any computer PC or Mac.
[21] According to the amended complaint, Psystar has been damaged by Apple's legal maneuvers in a case being heard in a California federal court. That lawsuit was filed by Apple in July 2008, when it accused Psystar of copyright infringement and other violations of the law. That case is slated to go to jury trial on Jan. 11, 2010. Psystar wants Hoeveler to make Apple stop saying that it's illegal for Psystar to purchase Snow Leopard on the open market, then use those copies to install the operating system on the computers it sells.
[2] As reported from
Apple Insider, it is thought that Apple are keen to put an end to the growing 'Hackintosh' Netbook community that has been making use of altered copies of Snow Leopard.
[6] Apple adds a new service to Snow Leopard, the Mobile Access server. A "VPN-less" authenticated/encrypted entry method that's designed to sync iPhones, Mac clients, to their address books, mail, and other internal resources.
[35] Network World - On the surface, Apple's Snow Leopard Server feels like a $499 maintenance release, but underneath, there's much more -- improved performance, more polish and new apps focused on collaboration and content sharing.
[35] "Stole" my ass! I'm not sure where all the Apple FanBoys came up with the myth that the $29 Snow Leopard disc is an "upgrade." (Note, I'm a fanboy; I am currently typing on my new 27" iMac).
[27] Compare that you Apple who allow you to upgrade to Snow Leopard for $30. This is supposed to be from Leopard because they offer a Tiger pack with iLife and iWork, but realistically I do not think they care because they did not implement anything to stop you.
[10] A handful of recent threads on Apple's Support Discussion forums - backed up by our own testing - indicate that Snow Leopard suffers from a bug that prevents users from opening multiple recently downloaded files simultaneously. Upon attempting to open a group of downloaded files (that have not been previously opened) only a portion of them open in whatever application owns them; no error message is displayed.
[42] Find yourself unable to simultaneously open multiple files in Snow Leopard? You're not alone, and while Apple hasn't yet officially acknowledged or fixed the bug, some suggested workarounds do exist. There are no comments on this article.
[42] Apple recently released the new Snow Leopard Server and my colleagues over at Network World have said its a nice upgrade but won't cause an "Internet storm". With Apple being a minor player in the server game, its unlikely this release will have much of an impact on the market.
[49] Apple may be planning to block at least some Intel-based computers from running Snow Leopard, if reports on the Web today are to be believed.
[2] Apple said I'd be able to claw back seven gigs, but out of the box I got back just over half of that and that rose by another two after I hunted out a few now-redundant versions of programs that I'd shifted about and the upgrade couldn't find to delete. Apple has complexly rewritten Snow Leopard's Finder, while it looks the same it's a and faster slicker interface that know offers a scrolling folder preview similar to that offered in iTunes and Safari 4.
[34] I walked across the street to the Apple Store the day Snow Leopard was released, and paid $49 for my 5-user Family Pack edition.
[27] I've also found Snow Leopard to be buggy and unreliable compared to other Apple releases.
[1] What do you do if you are on a limited budget but want Snow Leopard in your pocket? Well, as far is Apple is concerned, you'll have to break the law.
[25] Announced on the
Windows Live Sync blog, the update only includes the aforementioned fix and does not include any new features - existing users who have not migrated to Snow Leopard do not need to upgrade.
[43] If you're using Sync on a Mac that is not running Snow Leopard, you don't need to update.
[30] Windows Live Sync for Mac has been updated to build 14.0.8096.0903, finally adding Snow Leopard support.
[30] Reading a review of Windows 7 from a self proclaimed Mac fan is as useful as reading a Snow Leopard review from a Windows fan - something to be taken with a huge grain of salt.
[20] All voices are welcome here - some just may be drowned out. I have Macs at home; after all, who wants to troubleshoot computer problems on their own time? My final verdict in this smackdown? It's not even close: Snow Leopard is the better OS."
[20] The problem was so bad that the company was considering reverting to the older version of the Mac OS, version 10.5. It was planning to upgrade some training computers from Windows XP to Macs but has put that on hold.
[21] By stopping others from using there OS you'll have to settle for there grand old monopoly, and im betting overrpriced versions. I have no problem with Apple doing this. It's not part of their business model to sell their software separately from their hardware.
[12] This is ridiculous nonsense. 1) You have no such "right." Somewhere along the line some lawyer made this up and then guys with lots of money threatened to bring down big hammers on anyone who didn't respect it. I don't have the right to sell you a sock and then sue you for trying to wear it in a competitor's shoe. 2) Good reasons you shouldn't have such a right: it's anti-competitive and bad for the economy when a small handful of companies are able to control how the majority of people are able to use their products to do useful things, or are able to bar competitor's from using their products in completely fair ways. "Apple isn't a monopoly" doesn't negate this fact. 3) Apple has an effective monopoly on certain industries, so the point's wrong on the facts as well. 4) Simply stating, "You were free not to buy my software," is being willfully obtuse. Forgive the hyperbole, but imagine for a moment that Monsanto suddenly decided you could only cook their food in pots they made and sold for ludicrous prices. What good reason could we possibly have to deny them this right (that they simply made up) to control how their consumer products are used after sale? After all, they're not selling food; they're selling the "experience" of eating.
[27] There are plenty of $3000+ PC laptops out there. Apple SHOULD NOT drop their prices 25%. I think they have done a bit to bring them closer to the low end, along with the rest of the PC industry. but they should not join the "race to the bottom" that the PC manufacturers have all engaged in, to the point where they don't really make profits on hardware sales any more, and have commoditized their own products. Apple has maintained their margins, I'd argue, by keeping their design in-house and only relying on the ODMs in Taiwan and China for manufacturing. The PC OEMs have ceded almost everything to the same handful of ODMs their competitors all use. none of that that leads to creativity, better design, higher margins or better choice for the consumer.
[36] Predrag makes some good points, my take is you must think you are going to kick the bucket within the 6-8 years a Mac will be good for (vs 2-4 years of a Pee Cee), and that you dislike your hiers so much you will leave them crappy Pee Cee's that are also ready to kick the bucket. Thats the only logic I can derive from your willingness to choose PC's based on pure price. Another point: why should one have to buy a Pro machine just to get the 15" monitor? Maybe not everyone needs the extra speed & RAM and FireWire and and and. Look, I think the people responsible for Windoze should be taken to the World Court and prosecuted for crimes against humanity, but that doesn't mean Apple can't make a 15" MacBook (no Pro) for those that don't need the extra power but just want a wider screen.
[36] I think it's hilarious. Most software developers try to sell as many copies of their product as possible. Apple actively tries to PREVENT people from buying and installing theirs.Hey, I'm a mac, and I hate the poor and middle class.
[3] Actually, the Zune is probably the only MS product that directly competes with one Apple product. If Apple would try to get into MS niche - openly selling its OS - they would not survive. When people say "Apple is overpriced", that is because the MS and Apple operate on completely different value networks (with apple users willing to pay higher to get their computing needs satisfied).
[4] Is Apple is baiting Psystar? Apple doesn't have to support any processor it doesn't sell as part of its product line. Psystar's business model is infringing on Apple's IP. They will try to hack the new OS, and maybe Apple has legal reasons for wanting them to do it? It might conflict with statements made by Psystar in their own defense.
[22] According to
OS X Daily, users have found that the latest developer preview of the 10.6.2 update disables support for Atom processors.
[10] Why would Apple cut off support for a processor? Well, the company doesn't currently manufacture any systems that use the Intel Atom. Apple's actions could be seen as either preventing users from creating their own "Hackintoshes," or as a legitimate step against piracy.
[8] I'm looking into it, but the 10.6.0 / 10.6.1 kernel works fine with 10.6.2." Apple has a history of blocking out unauthorized uses of its software (just see what the company has done to lock out Palm Pre and iTunes syncing), so it's not surprising if Hackintosh netbooks were targeted for termination in the upcoming update. Those running Hackintoshes with Intel Atom CPUs should beware of the 10.6.2 update.
[3] Paying a premium for hardware that you will only use 15% of is a pure waste. This is where Apple needs to get in gear. They are missing out on the huge netbook market, and throwing this fancy touch tablet at the market will get some wow factor, but still be far more costly than a netbook-ish system NEEDS to be. The fact that many are running their OS on a netbook and are satisfied enough with the functionality to keep running it, speaks volumes regarding what consumers want. They need a Macbook Lite, not a flashy gimmicky tablet.
[12] Unlike hardware sales, which need a constant and VERY expensive design, development and production pipeline, OS sales are almost entirely margin, and don't have all the WEEE/green/certification problems that hang off electronics manufacture. I just want to see the AAPL share ticker when they finally see the light. There's never been a better time for Apple to liberalise and liberate their OS assets.
[25] In the enterprise space in which HP see themselves as relevant, OS wars don't exist. CFO's, they think, make the decisions and it's not about whether Solaris is better than HP-UX or AIX but whether the hardware provides value and the supplier offers excellent service. the OS is, in that case, simply a glue layer. If Apple, Canonical or any other Linux maker wants to make a serious dent in Microsoft's desktop market share according to this logic, then they have to make the OS irrelevant.
[37] Part of what makes the Mac so great is that Apple is able to custom design the OS and the hardware to work well together.
[10] To get the most out of your study (in computer science) you need to work with a decent versions of software other thanExpress editions. We all know students need money to finance their studies, etc. I know that not every student does have an ac.cuk account, but I don't see Apple selling their Macs for fifth of its value to students.
[4] At which point they could refuse to sell the update to anyone who hasn't registered their purchase of an Apple computer. Currently that's a hassle they prefer not to make their users go through, but if they had no other way to limit distribution to owners of Apple computers supported by that update, that would certainly be an option. At which point you wouldn't be able to legally run their software because you wouldn't be able to buy a copy except on eBay secondhand (and you know how well that would work).
[27] I believe that Apple has totally missed the boat when Vista was around. They had the perfect opportunity to release OSX into the open market to run on any PC when PC users were disheartened by the dog that was Vista. It seems now that Apple is fighting fires rather than going out there and saying "Yes, we have a better OS than Windows.
[12] Now, compare that to Windows 7 backup, that I you can only set to run daily and defaults to once per week. Sorry for those who haven't worked out yet but apple's marketing department (99% of the company) target non technical people that use PC's for reading email and posting on facebook and myspace etc.
[21] The latest desktop operating system market figures, which show Windows 7 commanding an almost 4 percent market share, must have Apple banging its head in frustration. Talk about galling: Apple has been marketing and designing its pants off for years to pick up 5 percent or so of the market, and it convinced itself and its fans that it had the momentum behind it.
[37] While we're not quite at the point in which Windows 7 beats OS X in market share, it sure is approaching.
[38] Windows 7 is also much more expensive than OS X, and infinitely more expensive than Ubuntu, or any other Linux alternative for that matter.
[37] The summary then goes on to speculate about the improbable and impractical wet dream of the writer that Apple should start licensing OS X to generic PC makers, completely ignoring the economic realities involved.
[27] OS X won't know the difference. It's nice. I don't know if you like,dislike, or don't care about Apple (and frankly don't care) - the quality of Stewart's articles are tenfold better than Nick and you can at least consider his speculations and opinions whether or not you agree with him.
[25] Don't forget that OS X has none of that Genuine Advantage DRM malarkey attached to it. If you can download an ISO file and burn a DVD you can install it (Don't do this at home kids. It's against the law). The upshot of all of this is that - armed with a £250 netbook, some slightly dodgy software written by a bunch of self-styled modern day Robin Hoods, and a wanton disregard for the laws of whichever land you happen to be reading this in - you could have a neat little device which runs what many consider to the the most complete and useable operating system currently available.
[25] Show the IT guys standing around there office with nothing to do because of MAC OS X running so smoothly.
[20] BSD, or Mac OS X, there are ways to secure a system. All have their pluses and minuses.
[50] By default it worked just fine, and is working just fine for many people currently using OS X on the Atom. No, this is a case of deliberately disabling a working feature for the express purpose of forcing you to buy their hardware over another's.
[27] A researcher from the anti-virus software company Sophos, Dmitry Samosseiko, presented a talk on the discovery of a network of phony Russia-based websites vending everything from fake pharmaceuticals, to fake pirated software and movies. The name given to this evil-genius internet-empire is called the Partnerka. Now, I am not trying to say that the USSR is back and they are taking over the Internet, but this is a group of people who are annually grossing thousands of dollars from sales of impotent Viagra, and in my mind, any organized group of people pushing that many fake penis plumping pills is something to be concerned about. '''What does this have to do with my Macbook?''' you might be asking. Well, currently the same group of bearskin-hat wearing hackers and web spammers who have made a living selling phony penile promises are channeling internet surfers towards their own websites, which advertise free or cheap copies of software applications specifically for Macintosh'''s supposedly secure OS X.
[48] If Apple could charge $400 for MacOS X, perhaps it'd be worthwhile. The problem is that the people who loudly proclaim they'll happily pay for a license will probably hide back into their basements, and pirate a copy instead, because the price they were willing to pay was the one subsidized by "vastly overpriced" hardware.
[27] Apple sells the $39 Apple World Travel Adapter Kit. This contains six power adapters that slip on to a MagSafe power adapter and older USB iPhone and iPod power adapters. If you don't want to go the Apple route, you can find power adapters that allow you to convert the power plug from Country X to a plug that fits the outlets in Country Y. These aren't converters. They're simply adapters to change Plug A to Plug B because, again, the Mac can handle voltages from around the world. Note, however, that if you also take peripherals along with you that require power, you'll want to examine them very carefully to see if they're as world savvy as your Mac. If not, purchase a transformer appropriate for your destination.
[51] Well, the real question is: do we CARE that Apple is making TONS of money, or do we want everyone to be able to afford a Mac? In fact, they're not mutually exclusive. Theoretically, if Apple cut their prices by 25% then, yes, they would have to sell 4 times as many just to make the same profit BUT they would have SIGNIFICANTLY more market share. This just might cascade- if everyone thought the price barrier was broken and Macs were as affordable as PCs. Then it might one day be Apple with the 90% market share and they would still be raking in the profits.
[36] "The timing is perfect for Apple to cut Mac prices and dramatically to increase its market share.
[36] Apple learned it's lesson in the 90's when it licensed MacOS. While the hope was that the licensees would expand MacOS market share, it instead only whittled away at Apple's own market share. I was an example myself - I have a PowerComputing system lying around somewhere - and it was a sale that would have gone to Apple were they not in existence. The clones didn't expand the Mac market because Apple would not let them.
[27] Apple learned it's lesson in the 90's when it licensed MacOS. While the hope was that the licensees would expand MacOS market share, it instead only whittled away at Apple's own market share. I was an example myself - I have a PowerComputing system lying around somewhere - and it was a sale that would have gone to Apple were they not in existence. As long as Jobs is at the helm, this will never happen. He's made it very clear that Apple doesn't sell hardware or software, but rather the full experience provided by very good integration between the two.
[27] Try any cell phone aside from android. Microsoft sells software, Apple sells hardware, they just have different business models. It sucks that Apple did this, but I would say they have every right to do it if they chose, and as a company they are doing amazingly right now. They are making a killing selling expensive machines in a recession. I would also be very surprised if hackintoshes were more than a tiny amount of the market, its still too difficult for most consumers.
[4] Apples who business model seems to treat customers with contempt. Force them to use iTunes, force them to keep their iPhone with one provider (no SIM change), force people to use certain hardware if they want their software. People say that MS used to abuse it's market position.
[4] As for the article, just brining to light more of Apple's anti competitiveness, and while hackintoshing does encourage more people to use OSX it doesn't encourage people to buy it, even using a legal copy with other hardware is against the EULA, so whats the point, may as well pirate it. Jobs: "we aren't going to make a netbook, we just don't see a market for these 'crap' computers."
[3] The GeForce 9400, and its mobile version, the 9400M, offer a lot more than Intel'''s mobile chipsets. That'''s particularly true in the area of graphics performance, be it for entry-level desktop PCs, multi-use computers, '''home cinema''' boxes, or laptops/notebooks. Apple, by the way, made its position clear, going so far as to totally abandon Intel'''s integrated chipsets in its MacBook line of notebooks. Beyond standard desktops and notebooks, Nvidia is aiming at the netbook and nettop market'''a lucrative one in tight economic times like these. To go after that market, Nvidia developed its Ion platform.
[3] Because Ion'''s future is not as rosy as we may have made it sound. That'''s not because of any technological shortcomings, but rather because of the position Nvidia is in, where Intel is concerned. By launching Ion, Nvidia has just stirred up the tranquil waters of the placid pond Intel has planned for itself this year. The netbook wave in 2008 was really more of a tidal wave, and it filled Intel'''s pockets, since they were the exclusive supplier of the components. Even during an economic crisis, 2009 is looking like another good year for netbooks and nettops, and Intel won'''t want to let anyone else have a piece of this very large pie. According to certain persistent rumors'''which Intel is denying'''Intel is trying to put a lock on the market by refusing to sell Atom processors independently of its 945GC (or GSE) chipsets (Ed.: although, to be fair, Intel insisted to us at CES that it'd absolutely sell Atom by itself). For each Ion computer built, the manufacturers would have to pay for an Intel chipset they wouldn'''t use. That additional expense might be enough to dissuade manufacturers from getting on the Ion bandwagon, especially in the netbook market, where every dollar counts. That'''s not all. Intel also plans to renew its basic Atom platform, dumping the weak 945 chipset and replacing it with the GN40, derived from the G45. With its 45 nm fabrication process and resulting low power consumption, HD video decoding capabilities, better 3D performance and more, this new platform could pull the rug out from under the Ion platform.
[3] I don't think Apple did it just to block hacked netbooks. Rumor has it their tablet was originally going to run an Intel Atom, hence the support for the processor.
[3] Says Stell: "In the current developer build of 10.6.2, Apple appears to have changed around a lot of CPU-related information. One of the effects of this is Apple killing off Intel'''s Atom chip." It's not at all clear from that what Apple might have done to "kill off" the Atom chip, which is designed to be as fully x86-compatible as any of the Core 2 Duo processors a lot of genuine Intel-based Macs are based on.
[15] If there were a technical reason why Atom processors could not run the software I would be OK with that, but it seems rather Microsoftian to block processors not used in Apple machines.
[10] How can you end what never was? Apple didn't "split" with the Atom processor. It never overtly supported it in the first place, and ships no hardware using it.
[5] It was bound to happen the moment Apple moved to the intel platform and started using commodity hardware. What this article is saying is that Apple will not consider a low-cost low-power computer with an Atom inside it.
[27] You could almost make an ISO of OS 10.6 and install it on any apple computer since Apple has nearly no OS license security. I think Apple is just trying to cut down on their pirated OSX since a majority of the hackintosh users are not using store bought OSX.
[3] In addition you can liberate videos from your hard drive as QuickTime X easily converts video for playback on iPod, iPhone computer or Apple TV. It shows Apple recognises that more and more users are using their computers for video download and playback. It's not all about looking good and turning your computer into a video player.
[34] Well, Apple does make a majority of their money on hardware sales, not their operating system. As far as they're concerned, they consider their OS more of a feature of their computers rather than a public platform.
[3] Yup, when it coms to the sheer quality of the operating system there's no contest. That would imply the hardware of the average Windows OEM is comparable to Apple hardware. It isn't.
[20] You'''ve probably seen the catchy commercials in which Justin Long informs a despondent John Hodgeman that Apple'''s operating systems are impenetrable to the feared internet infections or as Justin puts it: '''Macs don'''t get viruses.''' You could be forgiven for succumbing to the juicy appeal of having one less thing to worry about, such as your system crashing thanks to a pimply, pubescent problem child who spends his weekends locked in the basement writing code for viruses. I regret to inform you that this is not the case now, nor will it likely ever be. Recently, the annual Virus Bulletin Security (meeting of people fighting malware such as viruses and spam) conference was held in Geneva, Switzerland, and the security of Mac operating systems was a large point of interest.
[48] Apple'''s move will force the hackers of the Mac operating system to keep the 10.6.1 version or to recur to an unofficial patch.
[16] Advanced connections can be completed through Apple's L2TP/IPSec-based (or old-fashioned PPTP) VPN connectivity. Another new app, the iPhone Configuration utility, can provision and synchronize a fleet of
iPhones. As we don't use iPhones, we were unable to test the Mobile Access Server's iPhone accessibility and the applications sadly don't work with other mobile operating systems, although third parties may be able to offer this for other phones in the future. It's the first time any of the operating system vendors have paid much attention to fleet mobile/cell provisioning, aside from RIM's primitive BlackBerry message servers.
[35] We easily installed the new Address Book Server, updated Mail, a new Mobile Access Server, WiKi service, an iCal(endaring) server, iChat server, filesharing and backup server (an update to Apple's Time Machine software).
[35] The software in question is only a developer build, and it still might change before Apple releases a real update. Apple has already drawn fire lately for actions such as blocking Palm Pre users from iTunes a nd banning Google Voice users from its App Store. With Apple refusing to release an affordable low-end mobile PC of its own, hacked netbooks from Dell and other manufacturers have been turning into an increasing popular alternative in the Macintosh community.
[28] In September, the USB-IF later rebuked Palm for using a workaround to sync the Pre with iTunes. The battle took another turn last week, when Apple's iTunes 9.0.2 update, pushed into the wild on Oct. 29, again prevented Palm Pre users from syncing their smartphones with iTunes. Palm's WebOS 1.2.1 update, released in early October, had allowed Palm Pre users to sync fully with both Microsoft Exchange 2007 and iTunes.
[5] Apple's Backup application used to be a great added value for.Mac/MobileMe users and a convenient way for all Mac users to do backups. It has grown very long in the tooth and needs to be made relevant again.
[52] The remote support solution will work in a similar way whether the user is controlling a BlackBerry ( News - Alert ) device or a Mac or an Ubuntu server from a Windows 7 machine.
[47] The remote support solution should work the same whether a tech is controlling a BlackBerry device from a Mac or an Ubuntu server from a Windows 7 machine," emphasized Nathan McNeill, VP of product strategy, in the release.
[47] Bomgar certifies many popular versions including Ubuntu, and Fedora Core. Its Linux based call center supports the ability to control a Linux machine whether working from a Windows or Mac platform.
[47] If you really want Windows 7, and you're
currently using XP, buy a new Windows 7 PC. It's not only easier, but when you take how much time the process takes up it's also cheaper. Vista? The
upgrade path is much easier, but it's still time-consuming, Microsoft itself estimates that it can
take up to 20-hours. For a long time there has been this delusion that Linux only supports a limited set of peripherals.
[50] It's not just OSX which has updates, Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7 all have updates from time to time, as do Linux distributions. Technically this could affect her whatever OS she uses. If she's on such a low usage allowance maybe she should look at either increasing her usage allowance with the ISP or change the ISP if possible. If not, why not implement an caching proxy server which caches the updates (IPCop with Update Accelerator for instance) or download the update packages and burn them to disc (if possible).
[21] Even went out and bought a new router! I have three Windows 7 computers using same network with no problems. Just waiting for 10.6.2 release to see if it has patches for this problem. My biggest problem w/Snow Leopard (although this may also be present w/Tiger and/or Leopard) is that I can't use multiple profiles w/Firefox 3.5.4.
[1] I'm a loyal Mac user from day one and really hate windows, BUT we need 2 new laptops. Why do you need a more powerful computer??? BUSINESS??? then its a tax write-off.
[36] The pervasiveness of Macs can be seen in our own city and university, one need only walk to the back of the U of M BooksStore, where there is a small licensed Apple retailer, or drive to Polo Park, where a short while ago a brand new Apple store was opened, enthusiastically pumping out fresh aluminum laptops and desktops into the hands of keen consumers.
[48] The clone maker's designs had to be approved by Apple. At least some were required to use Apple motherboards. PowerComputing showed at trade shows several models in development that would have taken the Mac to new markets--but they could not get permission from Apple to sell them.
[27] The rumors we'''ve heard that Apple may be planning to use Ion as the foundation of the next Mac minis or Apple TVs are very interesting. Let'''s hope that many other manufacturers are thinking along those lines, and that they will launch innovative products too.
[3] For the latest Apple products use Ciao, a
price comparison website, to find
laptops like MacBook Air.
[53] At the end, during the credits, a message will appear: "Promotional consideration paid by:" followed by a list of companies. On "House, MD", "Californication" (for these two I know for sure), Apple will always be on that list (principal characters in these shows use MacBooks, iPods, iPhones and such, in every episode). While this is a common urban legend that Apple doesn't pay promotional consideration, they actually DO. However, unlike vast majority of other brands, Apple brand is rarely, if ever obscured when product placement wasn't paid for, but producer/production designer/director/script asked for an iPhone, MacBook, iMac or similar (unlike Dell, HP or others, which you can never recognise, and which are always made to look like generic computers).
[54] Then sneak off to my other house and USE my Macs. Seinfeld had a sweet 20th Anniversary bronze Mac on his desk at one point. I like how in most of the Disney shows they have laptops with a pear in place of the Apple logo.
[54] People in Film/TV are heavily Mac orientated (with the exception of accountants). That makes me think of a good idea, Microsoft can restart the economy. Instead of paying billions of dollars in advertising why not pay people to use their product for one year, just like Seinfeld.
[54] Is there a way to turn off what information a motherboard supplies to the OS in the BIOS? There are a load of options that sound like it might but nothing concrete that I can think of. I still think its ironic that OSX is "exclusive". If microsoft starting building its on machines and Windows was exclusive, their would be law suits left right and center.
[4] If the hobbyists can make that much progress, Apple could obviously do a much better job. If they could seriously challenge Windows with a strategy like this, I think it could be far more lucrative than the hardware profits they reap from their 10% marketshare.
[27] Now Apple started to pay Google (AdWords) to show their advertisement for Windows7 keywords. It seems like Apple thinks Windows 7 is a challenge for them.
[10] Since the quarantine theory emerged, some command line-based workarounds have been offered on the Apple Support Discussion forums to un-quarantine files. If you are unfamiliar or uncomfortable working in Terminal, and you are trying to open image files, consider changing "Open groups of files in one window" to "Open all files in one window" under Preview's Preferences; at least one user found this to be an effective workaround. As always, if you are affected by this bug, consider adding your experiences to the ongoing forum threads linked earlier or contacting Apple (either
online or by working with an Apple Genius at a retail store) to voice your concerns.
[42] Sales of Apple hardware would drop, sure, but not all that much. The current crowd of Mac-heads would remain loyally buying Apple kit, but they'd be joined by a whole new group of both home users and business people desperate to get away from MS's stranglehold.
[25] Apple makes premium products for people who care less about price than aesthetics and functionality, so building an entirely new product line down to a price is, quite frankly, never going to happen.
[25] I think everyone is missing the point. If Apple management, its Board, and stockholders in general, are satisfied with the product and the financial returns being generated, and most importantly the current sales, then I say screw all the ankle biters crying for a price cut.
[36] For calendar 2010, the analyst is modelling for 41 million iPhones sold. Mr. Cihra also bumped his Mac sales for the quarter to 3.4 million, up from 3.2 million. "Moreover," he added, "while product rebuilds/timing actually came in line with our expectation/previews, Apple did not end up lowering price-points as we'd modeled, muting ASP erosion."
[53] According to the influential
Stell's Blog, "In the current developer build of 10.6.2, Apple appears to have changed around a lot of CPU- related information. One of the effects of this is Apple killing off Intel's Atom chip." In general, these Hackintosh computers are built in order to provide a product that's lacking in Apple's lineup, said Mike Volchok, founder of Mike's TechShop in Manhattan.
[46] If you don't need much computer, if word processing and web surfing is pretty much all you do, you can have a computer for just a couple hundred bucks. The MBP is not at all the same market at its price. You are in to the mid range, or upper mid range of normal laptops at this point. That's fine if that's what you need/want, but it is not at all a netbook competitor. This has always been one of Apple's big problems.
[27] Magic Word: Working, as in if John was, he'd be able to afford a Mac. Nov 03, 09 - 03:34 pm Comment from: Another IT Guy. Apple chopping margins makes zero sense in light of their users' willingness to pay current prices. It's just a bad business decision.
[36] Oh, rubbish! Apple's current margins are somewhere in the 34% range. If they dropped prices 25% those margins would be close to those of HP, a few points above the margins that Dell generates. They'd have to sell 4x as many Macs to generate the kind of profit and cash flow they have now.
[36] MacDailyNews Take: Net Applications doesn't measure market share, Mr. Dodge. It measures OS information reported by users browsers as they access NetApps' network of some 40,000 sites worldwide. Market share is nothing but the number of units sold by a vendor divided by the total number of units sold regardless of whether they made money (Apple Macs) or not ("netbooks").
Dell has triple the market share of Apple, generates roughly 33% greater revenue, but makes just 1/3rd the profit.
[36] If Apple made that seemingly radical decision, the MacIntosh could easily move out of single digits of market share," John Dodge writes for SmartPlanet. MacDailyNews Take: That's a strange Website name. Can a giant orbiting rock really be "smart?" Certainly, the majority of humans crawling all over it aren't, based on their OS "choice," to say nothing of the IQ bell curve among many other things.
[36] I don't get Apple. It's not like they manufacture the hardware! They're just a system builder just like any other oem (Dell, HP, you name it) and they put on their own OS.
[4] Besides, Apple has never supported hackintoshes in the first place. They have no responsibility to anyone running the OS on non Apple hardware.
[10] Apple did try selling their OS to run on other platforms. That nearly put then out of business. I think they have a good clue what will work for them and for their customers.
[27] Just because Apple's first attempt to license the OS was unsuccessful doesn't mean that it can't work now, if it were executed properly.
[27] Good move Apple. Way to ensure that those who may have been considering trying out the OS, and then possibly buying one of their rather expensive (but good looking) machines, now wont. If anything that has just cost them consumers. Now someone has to hack the kernel so so they live up to the name HACKintosh and reverse the changes those particular bits of code.
[4] RIGHT ON. Absolutely Right on. PERIOD and to those that want Apple to drop prices. WHY. They already match PC prices. Apple makes money the old fashion way, they earn it. The spend Billions to buy memory at great rates ahead of need so their costs are lower when they use it. They keep turn over fast so there is not a lot of inventory sitting on the shelf.
[36] Really we need sane copyright laws, yes, Apple should be allowed to block Atom CPUs but I should be able to hack in support if I feel like it.
[27] I also would like to see Apple be a little more price competitive. In the PeeCee world it's the hardware guys getting squeezed, M$just picks up license fees from every bare bones crappy net book that gets sold. MacMan - They are sitting on upwards of $31 BILLION dollars - it's not like they're scraping by. There's always someone who wants to spend your money when they don't have it themselves.
[36] Why offer a smaller 21.5 display like from the iMac so Apple can price it at $299.
[36] Apple Should also now include iWork. ilife is a much more valuable App and Apple Includes that. Why not complete it with iWork Apple??? With all those Apps combined, you'll blow the competition away. Oh and that $899 display?? Just How many people buy these???Apple Prices it this way because it may have some USB ports, speakers, and an iSight Camera? That display should be around $599 If apple want to move these.
[36] One of the great thing about technology pundits and analysts is that you can find one to bolster just about any theory. If Apple is going to come out with its long-rumored tablet, it needs to keep the price under $600 and get a move on.
[40] If apple were to price that MacBook at between the $699-$799 range, maybe I would've upgraded a bit sooner.
[36] The other option involves using the "stock 10.0.0 kernel or modded Snow kernels." We can only assume that involves learning what that actually entails, or at least finding someone who actually knows what they are doing. Our sources tell us that this setback isn't exactly major, and that the folks who maintain these types of projects shouldn't have a difficult time restoring functionality. While this setback could be considered inconvenient by some, the bigger question is whether this is a result of Apple trying to crack down on individuals running Hackintosh machines.
[13] I'd skipped Snow Leopard's predecessor Leopard so 10.6 is probably more of a technology jump for me than it is for other people. Features such as Time Machine backup and Expose are new to me, but apparently the former has been sped up and the latter has now been incorporated into the Dock task bar.
[34] I have tons of space on my MobileMe account, so I might as well use it. Best of all, it's a free program with a MobileMe subscription. In the move from.Mac to MobileMe and from Leopard to Snow Leopard, the development of this utility has seemingly stopped.
[52] Not happy with Snow leopard. After upgrading two Mac's (2009 MacBook white/ Mac Mini 2009) I had major problems with internet slowdowns and this was with Airport or Ethernet. I even tried a Clean install twice but no resolution of these network problems.
[1] If you have a Mac that fits the bill then Snow Leopard is a worthwhile upgrade that will make your Mac run more smoothly and efficiently.
[39] Of course, my question to you then is why aren't you running Snow Leopard on a Mac instead but that's neither here nor there.
[50] Reading the customer feedback on Apples web site Snow Leopard got 3 out of 5 stars.
[45] While Windows 7 closes the gap with Snow Leopard, it does so only at a superficial level.
[20] It'll also help you master the Web with Safari 4, get e-mail with Exchange, keep your Snow Leopard Mac secure, and increase productivity with text substitutions and the Services menu.
[31] After you install
Snow Leopard on your Mac the display on the screen will look the same as it did before - in fact, you might be wondering why you bothered to pay £25 for the 'upgrade' at all.
[39] Pricing and Availability The new Class on Demand training for Snow Leopard is priced at $39.95 USD and is available to pre-order from Class on Demand (
http://www.classondemand.net ]]
http://www.classondemand.net ). About Instructor Tom Wolsky Tom Wolsky is on the Board of Directors of the Digital Media Academy, for whom he is an instructor in Final Cut Pro at their Stanford University summer program.
[33] Of course, it is also unacceptable that there are still bugs and even new ones in Snow Leopard.
[1] If REAL users, not propeller heads, had tested Snow Leopard and MobileMe there would have been far fewer problems.
[1] Address Book is compatible with Zimbra open source e-mail, and is modeled after WebDAV, as an XML-based extension of the venerable vCard. It stores vCards outside of the directory service. The Address Book server isn't backwards compatible with Leopard, because the protocol it's based on, CardDAV, didn't exist when Leopard was developed. Users can merge their contacts into the server easily enough -- if they're Snow Leopard users.
[35] We've created a
10MB downloadable sample from the book for you to check out, just to give you a taste. We think this book is a great resource for everyone who uses Snow Leopard.
[31] Quite annoying. This is a pretty negative article on Snow Leopard, but I think it is a fair one.
[1] There's a lot of stuff in Total Snow Leopard, to be sure. It's available in several different formats, so you can choose the one that works best for you.
[31] The update, which was released in beta format last week, will bring around 150 component updates to Snow Leopard.
[6] Netbook hackers are reporting untold woe from the latest update of Apple's operating system. [40] Apple is obviously trying to shutdown the Hackint0sh fever on fast selling netbooks. It's been long rumored for coming out with a Mac Tablet which eventually is being pushed to next year 2010.
[18] You are correct sir, but "@HMCIV" is partly right. Over the 16 years I've worked in Film/TV (in Europe) I have seen A Mac being chosen over any PC, even when not specified or sponsored by Apple, simply because the Art Department, Props Director or even members of the Crew prefer them.
[54] Apple is planning on a 70% increase in its capital expenditures spending (CapEx) for 2010, according to the company's 10-K filing.
Caris & Company analyst Robert Cihra told clients in a research note obtained by The Mac Observer that this could suggest that Apple is working on, "strategic new infrastructure."
[53] What is the company planning? I certainly don't know, but I think that Apple watching in 2010 is going to be very, very interesting. That said, I would guess that iTablet-related infrastructure could be a part of this (distributing Ebooks and such), and this new Apple TV subscription story would definitely require some money. I've a feeling Sun Tzu would smirk at all this.
[53] Apple has played it tight when it comes to CapEx since Steve Jobs came back. It's been part of the company's profitability model, and a big part of why Apple has been able to execute so much better than its competition for so long. An increase like this could mean many things. As Mr. Cihra noted, Apple could be playing conservatively coy with its SEC filings - Think Playing It Safe. Even if the increase was exaggerated by a factor of two or three, it's a big increase.
[53] There'''s a lot a company like Apple could do with an additional $1.9 billion in capital expenditures.
[55] Here'''s an interesting data point from
Apple???s recent 10-K filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission: The company has budgeted $1.9 billion in capital expenditures for fiscal 2010. That's 70 percent more than the $1.1 billion it spent in 2009. According to its 10-K, the company "anticipates utilizing approximately $1.9 billion for capital asset purchases during 2010, including approximately $400 million for Retail facilities and approximately $1.5 billion for corporate facilities, infrastructure, and product tooling and manufacturing process equipment." That'''s a wide range of potential applicationswider, in fact, than it has been in years past, as Caris Company analyst Robert Cihra notes.
[55] I don't like Apple products. The better-designed and more ubiquitous they become, the more I dislike them.
[41] You absolute monster. Of course, it's safe to assume Mac products are indeed as brilliant as their owners make out. Why else would they spend so much time trying to convert non-believers? They're not getting paid. They simply want to spread their happiness, like religious crusaders. Nothing pleases them more than watching a PC owner struggle with a slab of non-Mac machinery.
[41] A 10" EEE PC (with XP not Linux) is only $320. The Mac is damn near four times the price! That is not a little more expensive, that is a whole different category of cost.
[27] Not everyone can get a "real job," but we can "stop whining," and yes- in the long run, and in terms of user experience- Macs are worth the price, and I believe, more bang for your buck than any PC.
[36] Distributing a program for the purpose of circumventing copy protection, even if it was found through reverse engineering. is not. If a large corporation wanted to put Mac OSX on all their internal computers, and was OK with doing internal support on non-Apple hardware, they could modify the distribution and use it internally, but it'd have to be for internal use only, and telling someone else how to do it, selling the software to do it, etc, might run afoul of the law.
[27] A Palm Pre that can sync with iTunes is an obvious competitor to the iPhone, but a £300
netbook that can run Mac OS is most definitely not a competitor to a £799 MacBook.
[32] Actually, it is a very nice app for the Mac OS - actually, I do run winxp on my macbook, under a virtualization solution.
[4] I got tired of the "blue screen of death" and the ever present threat of viruses and worms in Windows. I have used Mac OS, Windows, and both Fedora and Ubuntu.
[44] You can't legally buy OS X for something other than a Mac. It doesn't have to get to the EULA, its clearly stated on the outside of the box.
[27] With the EFI bios-in-a-file used by most Hackintoshes, or by using an boot.plist, you can tell OS X you're running whatever CPU you say! Which means you can run an Atom-based box and tell OS X you're running an old Core-2 duo that doesn't have Virtualization.
[25] There are plenty of objective measures of performance that show OS X ahead, like startup times or the number of clicks it takes to unmount a flash drive.
[1] There's been a glitch between Firefox's libsqlite and the version installed in OS X for a while -- there used to be a work-around but now you can't seem to do anything with the profile manager at all.
[1] I know that takes time, and I hope to see even better software sooner than later. It is basically impossible to test a new OS against every possible combination of third-party apps and the hardware they could be using.
[1] The latest figures released by Net Applications show that Windows 7 already boasts 3.67% of the operating system market. That figure has grown from 1.99% since the day Windows 7 launched. The majority of those Windows 7 installations will still be on the free Release Candidate software, although the figures suggest that many people are being tempted to upgrade to the new operating system.
[45] "Jerry Seinfeld has pulled the old switcheroo," Maxine Shen reports for The New York Post. "In 2008, Microsoft paid Seinfeld $10 million to pitch its Windows Vista operating system," Shen reports. "But that measly amount bought only one year of his loyalty -- and he's legally free to defect to the competition," Shen reports.
[54] I have NEVER had stability problems with Ubuntu. I always "wait and see" when a new Ubuntu is released, and this is a good reason why. Will F. says: "Anyone who uses it is too cheap to use Windows and deserve what they pay for." Anyone who pays the outrageous fees that Microsoft demands, usually does NOT get what they pay for.
[44] I doubt that he actually stopped using a Mac. Like his TV show, those commercials were really about "nothing." In the commercials, he never says he uses Windows.
[54] Well. That was never really likely was it? I'm not saying Mac users are like cultists, but if one of them offered me some Kool-Aid, I'd politely decline. That will be the best assessment of the effect of Windows 7.
[45] Like Steven I choose to use Linux (I was a FreeBSD user before, and a Windows XP user before - still am at work, OS/2 user at one point. ) Whatever gets the job done.
[50] Security is a concern on Windows, though I must say the only time I ever got a virus was back in the DOS days and then only on a floppy disk I wrote to from a university machine. Every day I see a number of clients who have malware-infected Windows machines, and while it keeps us busy, it's especially frustrating because of the range of security problems plaguing Windows boxes. While it's true Linux boxes can be hacked, we've seen much less of this than Windows security problems. The intention here isn't to slag Windows, just point out the frustration of dealing with the fact that it's easier for user bad habits in Windows to lead to infected machines.
[50] The company optimizes Linux compatibility by offering Linux reps the same functionality available to reps running Windows and Mac.
[47] Support representatives can also support Smartphones running BlackBerry OS or Windows Mobile, according to company sources.
[47] Submitted by Anonymous on November 3, 2009 - 8:56 P.M. It is amazing how 'tech journalism' is bias! Microsoft Windows 7 is a GREAT OS, and is promoting an REVOLUTION in pc industry.
[50] Windows PC users can hold their heads up high again - after the Vista fiasco Microsoft needed a big win, and Windows 7 might just be the ticket.
[8] The battle must be about hardware. Linux had a chance to do this in the netbook market, but with Windows 7 Microsoft has pretty much slammed closed this window of opportunity.
[37] For the moment, however, Microsoft is in an unassailable position. There is nothing that Apple with its superior marketing and design, or Linux with its unbeatable value proposition, can do about it. 5 percent or 6 percent is all Apple can wish for, and Linux about 1 percent. It's interesting to contrast this with the high-end server market, where things are a little different. For one thing the hardware here is more of a differentiator, whereas on the desktop the hardware is basically the same. (OK, so Apple's hardware is white and shiny, but beneath the veneer it's all Intel inside.)
[37] The Address Book server app, which allows multiple computers to share contacts, is new. It joins with directory services (Apple's Open Directory, and Microsoft's Active Directory via open source Samba) rather than be an extension of Open Directory.
[35] I'm sorry, this has nothing to do with monopolies. Apple and Microsoft ARE NOT COMPETITORS, believing they are is going to be the death of Microsoft. They have completely different business models in what regards computers and software.
[4] Don't use the Apple software if you don't like it. No one misled you about this.
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[53] Atom is just as fast as Pentium M's now in use by millions of happy users. This is obviously not about performance. Apple makes these decisions to protect its market.
[25] Next, give me Quickpicks for programs currently in use by typical Apple users. Remove the backup options for Internet Explorer and add programs such as Firefox and Quickbooks. While you are tweaking the code, make it easy for users to back up their Preferences directory. Sure, it's not that hard to do it manually, but the average Apple user doesn't realize how critical preferences are.
[52] Not true. That the majority of Hackintoshes seem to be for market segments Apple has no presence, or are explicitly refusing user demand, in, then it's hard to see how anyone could argue they "must" be "eating into Apple's hardware sales".
[27] People buy Apple hardware because of the software. This is not by accident, it's not a secret, and it's been going on three decades now.
[27] One of the unfortunate things about some Apple software is that from time to time it neglects to update the software. This article makes that point about the Backup program. There are others such as Aperture.
[52] If that doesn't convince you Apple Backup needs updating, then I'm not sure what will. Apple, it's time to update Backup, and here's what I want on the feature list.
[52] Apple needs to update this program. Or, if they are abandoning it, they need to say so. It is dishonest the way they are doing it now.
[52] If it works for you, you buy; if not, you don't. If you're a big enough customer, maybe you can negotiate if it's worth it to the vendor. Starbucks isn't going to change their roast recipe because my wife finds their coffee too strong and, as long as they feel their model works at making them money, their renumeration and hiring practices also aren't likely to change significantly because somebody has a problem with it. That's the way business works. As long as Apple continues making a lot of money by successfully positioning themselves as a premium vendor, they're not going to change to accommodate you if it's going to cut into their healthy profit margins. While it's best to keep your customers happy, you are not part of Apple's targeted customer base. That's their decision to make.
[27] The only difference is that Aston would probably just write the Monte Carlo off as 'cute' and move on instead of trying to find ways to make the motor mounts somehow impossible to install in any other car than an Aston. The only problem is, and Apple has yet to learn this yet, that there will always be a way as long as there are people around who care to find a way.
[3] Apple Backup is still a nifty way to back up critical files to your MobileMe account, or any hard drive you can mount, and I personally use it every day to back up my most critical files.
[52] Create Pause-zoom-pause Effects in IMovie Stills Although I typically use Final Cut Express for my video projects, I recently had a really short project to do for the family, so I thought I'd give iMovie. Report: Apple Store Headed to Downtown Philadelphia It is a pretty good time to be a Philadelphian.
[51] Unfortunately, Time Machine backups are not off-site and don't protect you against an on-site disaster. When I previously covered some
online off-site backup solutions, Apple's backup utility was not one of them.
[52] If you want to have a hackintosh, then you need to understand that from time to time, Apple is going to break your compatibility.
[10] Now that Macintoshes run on normal PC hardware, Apple could just expand the range of supported chipsets/hardware and certify systems from major OEMs to be MacOS compatible.
[27] Apple learned it's lesson in the 90's when it licensed MacOS. While the hope was that the licensees would expand MacOS market share, it instead only whittled away at Apple's own market share. I was an example myself - I have a PowerComputing system lying around somewhere - and it was a sale that would have gone to Apple were they not in existence. In other words, Apple wasn't charging enough for MacOS licenses, and they guessed wrong about how willing customers would be to keep buying Apple branded hardware.
[27] As an Apple shareholder, I would be happy to see the stock price dip for a bit if it meant huge gains in market share in the long term - there is a greater good here (we'll still make plenty on Apple stock once the tide really turns).
[36] I'm holding the Leopard box that I walked into an Apple Store and paid full retail price for.
[27] Some analysts had worried that Apple would be forced to significantly cut prices in the face of increasing competition from el-cheapo netbooks, a worry that has so far not been borne out.
[53] Take laptops: from the aluminium unibody to useful features like the magsafe lead, Apple hardware is simply better.
[20] Apple seems to pride itself on being more expensive, and providing less bang per buck, than any other manufacturer in the known universe. Excellent service? It's OK if you don't mind being kept in the dark about anything the company is planning for the future, but certainly nothing to compensate for the overpriced hardware.
[37] Haha. Just shows that Apple is afraid of what might happen to its view of being "secure" or "stable" if it is being put on a system that hasn't been hand put together by them. It is apple being controlling in their hardware and not allowing customization.
[12] It wasn't sold to work on random hardware. It was sold to work on hardware that Apple sells.
[27] For what? apple doesn't have to support hardware it doesn't want to.
[27] "Beyond that are signals of Apple investing in massive new data center capacity (e.g., North Carolina) that could support anything from iTunes/iPhone Apps through new 'cloud computing.'"
[55] "Apple's recent 10K forecasts FY10 CapEx increasing a whopping ~70%Y/Y to US$1.9B from FY09's $1.1B," Mr. Cihra wrote. "And while we recognize this might just be typical Apple conservatism ( e.g., FY09 capex originally seen +36% vs. ultimately reported +5%), we do believe Apply may be in motion on some strategic new infrastructure."
[53] John is not looking at the value of the purchase, precisely, so much as the COST. And that can be scary! MDN claims: "Apple currently owns 91% share of the $1,000+ computer market." and who am I to doubt them! But, that means the entire $1,000+ market is less than 10% of the TOTAL market.
[36] "Classic versions of Apple computers popped up regularly on 'Seinfeld,' usually sitting on a desk in Jerry's TV apartment."
[54] On July 15, Apple updated iTunes, and the newest version prevented the Palm Pre from syncing with Apple's proprietary music app. In August, Palm filed a complaint with the USB Implementers Forum, a nonprofit corporation founded by the group of companies that developed the Universal Serial Bus specification, charging that Apple is infringing on its trade by not allowing the company's smartphone, the Pre, to connect to Apple's popular iTunes application.
[5] Reports attributed to Cupertino insiders said, however, that Apple engineers were entirely underwhelmed by the performance of Chipzilla's diminutive processor platform. Underwhelmed, in fact, that Steve Jobs got out his cheque book and snapped up chip designer PA Semi, a company that specialises in making the most of Brit chip shop ARM's low draw yet very capable CPU blueprints.
[25] I mean Microsoft has come a long way from being a closed dark corporation that crushes any company trying to compete with it; to a company who's open to other vendors and developers. Like the latest move to allow users to choose what media player or internet client to use and not force them to use MS produce.
[4] I mean Microsoft has come a long way from being a. corporation that crushes any company trying to compete with it. the latest move to allow users to choose what media player or internet client to use and not force them to use MS produce. WTF are you talking about??? Are you even on this planet? These comments show a complete lack of appreciation of what is actually occuring out there. These are but a few. Do your homework before you make such outrageous statements.
[4] Microsoft is pretty much like every other company in this regard (and no, that is not an excuse for them, just a fact). they only go with the standards as long as it is convenient for them to do so. they also have been know to use underhanded tactics to get their own standards approved, also par for the course in the computer industry, shamefully enough. my point is that you can't just single out Microsoft when you make these claims, as it is misleading (though you can make the claim that Microsoft changing its ways could turn the industry around. i would only believe you, though, if you manage to convince me that consumers care about that kind of thing).
[4] "I think I'll just stick to 10.6.1 when the update rolls around, I have a lot of confidence in the Hackintosh community so I imagine there will be a workaround rather quickly." Like the Palm Pre/iTunes syncing issue and the suits against Psystar, this just seem to another way of ensuring that the company's software stays tied exclusively to its hardware.
[8] Is there a way to turn off what information a motherboard supplies to the OS in the BIOS? There are a load of options that sound like it might but nothing concrete that I can think of.
[4] Submitted by Anonymouse on November 3, 2009 - 9:56 P.M. I use MSWin for games - but only because it's on my PS3. I stopped buying PC games about 2 years ago since they all have DRM, the DRM screws up and won't let me play the games I paid for, and I can't sell the game to anyone else when I'm done with it. A dedicated game machine like the PS3 has DRM, but I can still sell my game to someone else and they can run it on their PS3 - you know, the way PC games used to be.
[50] I now actually don't mind using my work PC, whereas when it had Vista on it, I dreaded using it. Windows 7 is a solid OS. I know that an opinion like that won't be real popular on a site like this, but so be it.
[20] Submitted by RealNeil on November 3, 2009 - 11:54 P.M. We all know Windows 7 is the BOMB! It really IS bitchin' and works like that 'Steaming Turd' Vista should have years ago. (I'm not kidding, it is a really nice OS) I'm using it on two gaming computers with good result. It works smoothly and is very fast on equipment that Windows doesn't work on anymore.
[50] Everyone knows Windows is awful. Windows is like the faint smell of piss in a subway: it's there, and there's nothing you can do about it. It's grim, it's slow, everything's badly designed and nothing works properly: using Windows is like living in a communist bloc nation circa 1981. I wouldn't change it for the world, because I'm an abject bloody idiot and I hate myself, and this is what I deserve: to be sentenced to Windows for life. That's why Windows works for me.
[41] "As an IT professional, I support both operating systems at work. Amen! This quote deserves to be repeated as often as possible, as it's a clear and accurate assessment of the support burden which still remains on the Windows side of the fence.
[20] They blocked hardware - in this case, the Atom processor. That's not the same as "stop the support" of the hardware. They went out of their way to make sure it didn't work. That's different from dropping drivers or support.
[27] No promises were made, express or implied, that it would work on Atom processors. It is an express case of disabling things so you can't use it in a certain manner. Hello! That's what the whole Free Software thing is about.
[27] Basically someone noted that a lot of stuff in the kernel has changed so that the Atom processor that developer was using no longer works after the build. They list three work around methods. There is no inside information that this is an intentional attempt to block Atom processors as the summary's wording strongly implies.
[27] The Atom processor is most commonly used in Netbook computers, the low power, small sized, budget laptops that are becoming more and more popular.
[13] The requirements on my retail box state that it requires a "Mac computer with an Intel processor." That's it.
[27] As a buyer, I'''m stuck in a PC notebook processor netherworld and being too cheap to shell out megabucks for a Mac, the clear winner on all levels but price.
[36] The question is not the cost but rather is the price difference between PC and Mac justified by the experience.
[36] Now do I wish I bought the msft and then sold it in early 2000? You bet. Let them pay for my Macs. (Did very well with aapl anyway). Seinfeld not only lightened the microsoft wallet, but now he is in position to poison their attempt to buy their way into cool. HBO is big on Macs and they must have a lot of them on hand for shows. Yeah everyone has their sell out price including Jerry. Not that he needs the money though. He should at least give some of the MS money to charity.
[54] There are some items, especially graphic cards and chipsets, where you may need to download a driver to get the most out of your graphics. What does this have to do with comparing Windows 7 and Ubuntu? A lot. You see it turns out that Windows 7, even though Microsoft did a much better job of supporting hardware with it then they did with Vista, still has gaps in supporting commonplace devices.
[50] Microsoft, hell-bent on tackling the conspicuous lack of word-of-mouth recommendation, is encouraging people - real people - to host ''Windows 7 launch parties'' to celebrate the release of, er, Windows 7. To assist the party-hosting massive, they've uploaded a series of spectacularly cringeworthy videos to YouTube, in which the four most desperate actors in the world stand around in a kitchen sharing tips on how best to indoctrinate guests in the wonder of Windows. If they were staring straight down the lens reading hints off a card it might be acceptable; instead, they have been instructed to pretend to be friends.
[41] Mac market share grew from 5.12% in September to 5.27% in October - a modest increase, but one that suggests that the launch of Windows 7 isn't tempting the Mac faithful so far.
[45] Someone posted a link to a different stats site that showed Mac share up in the USA but in fact it had dipped.2% worldwide since the launch of Windows 7. It changes day to day.
[45] Windows still accounts for 92.52% of the market, compared to 92.77% in September. PC Pro's own web analytics show that Windows 7 is already hugely popular with our readership.
Windows 7 surpassed 10% market share among PCPro.co.uk readers that day after its official launch. It was used by more than 15% of the visitors to our site. It now stands only marginally behind Windows Vista, which was used by 19.7% of our visitors.
[45] Windows 7 appears to be merely cannibalising older versions of Windows instead of eating into rivals' market share.
[45] Amazingly, Microsoft's Windows 7 has surpassed the 3% market share point on Saturday.
[38] Microsoft followed with tons of hype and a few new features in Windows 7, released October 22.
[44] Microsoft is the new GM, giant to fall from glory. It makes a loss on the following Zune, Windows Mobile, X Box deparment, Bing.
[20] With Expose click and hold on an open application icon in the Dock and all that apps' open windows will display onscreen. Another major new innovation is QuickTime X.
[34] Seriously, if you want to run MacOS X so much, buy a MacOS box sized for your needs. You can multi-boot or virtualize Linux, Windows or any other O/S you care for.
[27] I use a lot of software that is only available on Linux, and the cost to buy equivalent software in Windows would run several thousand dollars (excluding FOSS available on Windows).
[50] The next day, the software giant released an update to Sync and began allowing people to sign in again. Sync users on Windows should have seen a prompt from the software by now telling them to update the program.
[30] The v3.1 software update patched some the security flaws that were discovered in the long awaited v3.0 update. These security flaws were reported at the Black Hat cyber security conference ''' a conference supporting a group of mostly reformed hackers who meet annually in Las Vegas. The flaws allowed an unscrupulous individual to send a text message attack, allowing them to turn on your built-in microphone or enable your handy dandy GPS, letting the hacker to listen in to what you were saying and know where you are. This flaw has since been patched, as the Black Hat community was nice enough to report it to Apple. Quite literally, the Russians (amongst others) are indeed coming, and hiding under your desk won'''t stop them.
[48] I think I'm starting to see what others are saying now, bias against Apple from some writers, and bias against Linux from other writers.
[21] We'll make the sweeping assumption that anyone who is willing to break the law by installing OSX in contravention of Apple's EULA will probably be the kind of cove who won't be too bothered about paying for the operating system in the first place.
[25] Want a program that doesn't come with the operating system? Easy. Use the Ubuntu Software Center, Ubuntu's new one stop application'store.' I put store in quotes because it's all free.
[50] The slowness is typically noticed most when a new version is introduced. This is no Registry Tax, and it isn't within the hardware or the software. It's the techno-lust coded deep within the wet-ware running the system.
[20] Had to get new software for my ElGato EyeTV, and the patch got my HP printer running again. Now I just need to get VMWare 3 (I shot you an e-mail about their asinine upgrade problem).
[1] Bomgar ( News - Alert ) Corporation, specializing in appliance-based remote support software, has announced the expansion of its Linux capability to support the needs of IT systems administrators during a Linux remote support session.
[47] Give Ubuntu a try; there are many easy ways to try Linux without changing anything on your Windows PC. You may just fine that Ubuntu or another desktop Linux will do everything you want to do on a computer with a lot less trouble and money. [50] Although Ubuntu is the better of the Linux OS's, it still offers very little when compared to Windows.
[44] There's the already
infamous iPhone synchronization problem, which seems to be a combination of 64-bit Windows 7 and certain high-end motherboards that use Intel's P55 Express chipset. Or, how about this one, which I find hard to believe but it's true: many
HP printers still don't have Windows 7 drivers.
[50] Here's the short version. I had to use two additional programs-
Windows Easy Transfer and
LapLink's PCmover besides my installation DVD. When I do this for a business I replace Windows Easy Transfer with
User State Migration Tool 4.0.
[50] I'''m ready to switch from 20 plus years as a Windows user who has written about the technology longer than that and switch to a Mac.
[36] Every time I compare a Dell or HP with the same specs as a Mac, the Mac either is less expensive or about the same. I can't understand why even some Mac users can't seem to grasp this.
[36] I still wonder, however, how people can be 'unaware' of the Guest account problem. Do these people depend on TV for their Mac information?! There are simply too many, friendly, helpful, well-informed Internet forums available to depend on rare and irregular non-computer publications. If these people take the time to read this site, they certainly have time to get competent information in a much more timely manner.
[1] I'm now in Indonesia and considering purchasing a Mac mini or a MacBook. This one routinely confuses people who take their Macs abroad. Macs and their power adapters are--and have been for as long as I can remember--built to support 110 -- 240 Volts.
[51] You'd be very hard pressed to find ANYONE in the creative industry who does NOT use a Mac (screenwriters, directors, set designers, costume designers, production designers, cinematographers, editors), and that applies even for talent agencies, publicists and other satellite people incidental to the creative folk.
[54] Most onsite backup solutions are not free. I use ChronoSync which works great, but it's a paid app. Through a recent Mac bundle, I acquired Super Flexible, which is also a paid app.
[52] The company has stated that it has no interest in the low-cost netbook market, but it is strongly suspected of having a tablet Mac in the works.
[32] Can't afford a $1,500 netbook? Too bad, you're not cool enough to be a mac."
[3] There are a growing number of financially motivated hackers specifically targeting Mac users. Ironically, virus scares weren'''t an issue for this operating system in the past because the number of users happened to be much smaller, and therefore not of much concern to virus designers.
[48] Dodge continues, "Mac operating system share has steadily risen in 2009, topping out in October at 5.27 per cent to Microsoft Windows''' seemingly insurmountable 92.52 percent, according to market research firm Net Applications."
[36] Company officials said that the type of operating system run by the support personnel or customer does not matter.
[47] "StellaRolla recommends staying with 10.6.1 (or 10.5.8 if you're running Leopard on your Hackintosh, since 10.5.9 will likely have the same Atom problems) for the time being, otherwise you can try upgrading to 10.6.2 but run an older or modified kernel," one of the site's authors wrote.
[8] '''Winning''' would be a good word to describe how we feel about the Ion platform Nvidia has put together. They'''ve come up with the ideal complement to the Intel Atom processor'''putting the two together results in a system that'''s extremely compact, very affordable, and impressively flexible. In the space taken up by a carton of cigarettes, they'''ve put a complete PC (except for the external power brick) capable of handling the vast majority of the tasks we want today'''s computers to perform. This includes Web browsing and office applications, of course, but also occasional games'''even recent, demanding titles'''and even HD video playback. From this point of view, Ion is not very far from being the ideal home theater PC'''one that can finally find a home in most living rooms without being an eyesore because of its size, and without being a nuisance because of its noise level.
[3] Recently I sat in a room trying to write something on a Sony Vaio PC laptop which seemed to be running a special slow-motion edition of Windows Vista specifically designed to infuriate human beings as much as possible.
[41] Total time, just short of an hour. This is how I
upgraded my XP PCs to Windows 7. It took me eight hours.
[50] Windows 7 doesn't have any issues by itself. If people are experiencing bugs with Windows 7, they are caused by user error.
[44] Even on Windows forums people complain about the bad support for the average user.
[44] A Single Sign-In for All Your Websites? Google Hopes So The Official Google Blog on Tuesday beat the OpenID drum, and gave a quick run-through of how the service might benefit Facebook and Plaxo users. Best Buy Movie Downloads: Is the Death of the DVD Nigh? The emergence of multimedia niceties such as Windows 7'''s Internet TV and home networking standards such as DLNA 1.5 are starting to make streaming video all the more appealing.
[28] Despite the myriad upgrade and installation bugs users are facing as of late, security experts say Windows 7 has it all over Vista when it comes to security.
[46] Windows 7 Home Premium lists for $119.99 as an upgrade, but you can do it as a
clean install for the same price.
[50] Paul Thurrott on Winsupersite.com has a work around that requires you hack the Windows 7 installation and fool it in to thinking it is a full version.
[10] While that may not seem like a lot, it certainly is especially since Windows 7 has been officially released for under two weeks.
[38] With all three OS's at my disposal, I feel like I'm working as efficiently as possible, and not throwing away older hardware/technology because it will not run Windows anymore is a good thing.
[50] I recall an incident where Foxconn was selling boards with BIOSes tailored to crash Linux but run Windows without any problems.
[4] Who else is going to pay premium for machines that look pretty but have specifications of a low to mid range system? Yes it boots up fast but it can't run ANY of the programs I need for work and at home. It would appear i'm not the only one with this problem.
[21] The Mac may not have a virus problem, but a serious issue on one machine may in fact move to another one via MobileMe Sync. While I was a very early adopter of.Mac, I may in fact drop it now after this experience.
[1] Anyone who wants a new computer who doesn't look at one must be stark staring mad. It's the same as MAC anyway."
[20] This is THE unstated point in world of corporate IT support. Given a free choice, these 'professionals' would go Mac particularly when their own time or money is at stake. It "sort of" happens on an OSX system, too.
[20] First it made One Giant File, then segmented the file. The access speed to the iDisk here in Australia is miserable, so it kept failing, leaving a copy of these files on my Mac. After this happened a few times, it used up all the disk space on my Mac.
[52] Your misspelling of Joe Schmoe, various grammatical errors, and the general "feel" of your post make me think you are 18 to 25 years old, were "educated" in the U.S., and don't actually own or use a Mac.
[36] I would think it would be quite high in which case this is a bit silly - particularly as support for the Atom isn't going to make their OS any less stable.
[4] The easy option is to simply stick with 10.6.1 for now; maybe a future update will reintroduce Atom support. Another, more involved option is to upgrade to 10.6.2, but use an older kernel, or maybe even a custom kernel with Atom support. All this really doesn't surprise me.
[14] The iPhone works like a toaster. It always works, and people know how to use it."
[46] After the applications are installed, we had to configure service, users, groups, and the like on a fresh installation, but an upgrade from Leopard requires little settings work.
[35] There is a difference between not supporting x hardware and disabling users using x hardware.
[10] I actually think it makes sense that the MacOS X incremental upgrades are cheaper and the up-front costs of the hardware are higher.
[27] I still think its ironic that OSX is "exclusive". If microsoft starting building its on machines and Windows was exclusive, their would be law suits left right and center.
[4] "In terms of pure interface, Microsoft has raised the bar for Windows users.
[20] As its been said securities are meant to be broken.-) Happy with p35 ich9r chipset with snow leopard 10.6.1 for now. [18] With Snow Leopard, choices are clearer, and fresh installations usually make prudent default choices.
[35] Guess you won't find that option in the next refresh of the mac mini. They're being anal of course, since they're actually adding extra code to lock out that processor series.
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