At 6/15/09 12:04 PM, Conspiracy3 wrote:
Why don't they just allow you to install the Mac OS on regular hardware?
I'm wondering that, too.
Jailbreaking is a way users can improve the iPhone. Whether it was just a glitch or there was malicious intent I'm not sure.
If it involves loading software Apple didn't want users to run on it then it's at the users own risk.
Yes, but the interface was invented before apple as a company even existed.
Unfortunately the time of registration can become more important in court than the time of creation. I hope it got dismissed with prejudice.
Yahoo made konfabulator, but apple copied the java-based widgets for their own programs.
You can still run Konfabulator on a mac, so I don't much of a problem here.
Early on Microsoft funded apple to allow it to survive in the market. Right now apple's entire marketing tactics are centered around making bill gates seem like a devil and giving PCs a bad name.
It's all harmless fun. Did you know that the IE team and Mozilla always make each other seem like the devil and play pranks on each other, while sending Explorer and Firefox birthday cakes and congratulatory letters and certificates in private?
I'm not talking about the AAC formating. I'm talking about the encryption codes added to some of the music downloaded directly from itunes. The ipods are mp3 compatible so why doesn't apple just use unencrypted mp3 files like the rest of the world?
This is to circumvent audio piracy. Unfortunately users have to suffer through the effects of the measure built to ensure their favourite bands have enough money for their next album. Anyway from another reply, I hear that's no longer as big a problem as it used to be.
For those who don't want to deal with drivers and stuff apple makes it much simpler, but for those with pcs that actually have decent hardware apple should create drivers that suit the hardware. The lack of drivers has nothing to do with ease of use, it has to do with getting people to buy their overpriced hardware. It's simply a captive market.
I agree except on the drivers part. If they didn't release drivers to support non-Apple plug and play hardware, it wouldn't run anyway.
Macs are not compatible with all windows hardware. Very few games run well on mac. The vast majority of software out there is made for windows.
You said Mac OS compatibility and yes, the vast majority of hardware is designed for Windows, which can be run on Apple computers (and without emulation, since all Intel-based Apple hardware is compatible with Windows).
I know that microsoft is not innocent in this either, but the fact that they are using the same exact marketing tactics that they constantly criticize microsoft for is ironic. As I said earlier, I don't like Microsoft either.
It's not ironic, it's expected. Microsoft is a very aggressive company when it comes to marketing and Apple may criticize, but they may also consider these tactics because they work.
They didn't consult with Xerox. As a matter of fact Xerox attempted (and failed) to sue apple once their UI was plagiarized.
They visited and obtained information through talks that led to the creation of a UI similar to a Xerox computer's UI and incorporated a mouse, also in the Xerox computer UI. It was dropped because the Apple UI was not a derivative and was not based on any copyrighted material. Inspiration does not necessarily mean plagiarism. In any case, Xerox waited too long to sue and lawsuits made by Apple against Microsoft for "look and feel" led to the "hand-out" or out of court settlement you mentioned earlier.
Yes, but they still make you pay for the replacement. Why not just be like other MP3 players and connect the battery to the system via a bus connector so that all you need to do is buy a new battery, open up the case, take out the old battery, and put in the new one? Soldering it to the motherboard has no practical purpose other than requiring that apple themselves fix it and get paid for the installation charge. Last I checked the repair was something like fifty bucks.
If it's in warranty you get it fixed for free. If it's not, like all other mp3 players, you have to pay. The purpose might have been just what you claim but paying to fix it's not unusual.
