[X-Unix] Re: Apple dumping IBM, moving to Intel

[Jonathan Armstrong]

It might involve DRM, but all they really need to do two simple things

1) Insert a clause in the license that prohibits you from running OS  
X on non-Apple hardware
2) Refuse to support OS X on non-Apple hardware

Even if it runs perfectly and costs half as much, these provisions  
will prevent almost all serious buyers from considering the clone  
option. Corporate IT will not want to run afoul of licensing issues,  
and most professional users insist on support.

On Jun 7, 2005, at 5:35 PM, William H. Magill wrote:

> On 06 Jun, 2005, at 15:07, Stephen Jonke wrote:
>
>> You won't be able to run OS X on a no-name PC. The only thing that  
>> is changing is the processor that is inside the Mac.
>>
>
> This of course, is the $64,000 question -- Why not?
>
> We all know that Apple is an "Iron" company -- They make their  
> money strictly by selling hardware.
>
> That means that Apple and Intel will find (have already found) some  
> way to "prevent" OSX from running on any PC ever sold by Dell or HP.
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