<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV>It might involve DRM, but all they really need to do two simple things<DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"><DIV>1) Insert a clause in the license that prohibits you from running OS X on non-Apple hardware</DIV><DIV>2) Refuse to support OS X on non-Apple hardware</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>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. </DIV><DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>On Jun 7, 2005, at 5:35 PM, William H. Magill wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">On 06 Jun, 2005, at 15:07, Stephen Jonke wrote:</DIV> <BR><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">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.</DIV> <BR></BLOCKQUOTE><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">This of course, is the $64,000 question -- Why not?</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">We all know that Apple is an "Iron" company -- They make their money strictly by selling hardware.</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">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.</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000DD"></FONT></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>