Comments on: Opening up Apple OSX to non Mac Hardware. http://www.crafted.com.au/blog/2008/05/19/opening-up-apple-osx-to-non-mac-hardware/ JamieG looks deep into the ramifications of current trends in Technology and Media Wed, 07 Jul 2010 02:14:47 +1000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Blake http://www.crafted.com.au/blog/2008/05/19/opening-up-apple-osx-to-non-mac-hardware/comment-page-1/#comment-4083 Blake Tue, 05 Aug 2008 21:12:47 +0000 http://www.crafted.com.au/blog/?p=113#comment-4083 When you say OLPC you seem to be talking about a very low end laptop. I'm not sure if you (or your readers, based on this story alone) realize it, but OLPC is an acronym for "One Laptop Per Child" which is a very low end PC being marketed to 3rd World countries in order to educate their children very cheaply. The foundation is selling them at cost, and has gotten all it's components in special agreements at low prices (Windows is costing like $7 with the chip required to run it). When you say OLPC you seem to be talking about a very low end laptop. I’m not sure if you (or your readers, based on this story alone) realize it, but OLPC is an acronym for “One Laptop Per Child” which is a very low end PC being marketed to 3rd World countries in order to educate their children very cheaply. The foundation is selling them at cost, and has gotten all it’s components in special agreements at low prices (Windows is costing like $7 with the chip required to run it).

]]> By: JamieG http://www.crafted.com.au/blog/2008/05/19/opening-up-apple-osx-to-non-mac-hardware/comment-page-1/#comment-3156 JamieG Mon, 19 May 2008 11:12:06 +0000 http://www.crafted.com.au/blog/?p=113#comment-3156 Jared, My general conclusion is based not on what is better for the user, but what is better for Apple. I would personally love OSX to be released for general use on any machine. The hardware compatability issues many MacFanBoys sproute, is, in my opinion, a trivial excuse. The reliability of a general PC can easily match that of a Mac. Mac really only have standards based USB, firewire interfaces and PCIx slots. Again easily supported by general PC makers. There is no reason why any Mainboard you can get OSX working on with standard interfaces that Mac supports will not be close to if the same in reliability. Apple RELY on this to keep the development costs down. Apple is using the OS as a selling point, but I personally see this as a problem. OS is an OS, hardware is hardware. These products should stand on there indevidual merrets. Not force you to pay extra high costs on hardware just to get the software. Thats not a long term viable model from my experience. But like I said in my post. The rules have changed. so... James Jared,
My general conclusion is based not on what is better for the user, but what is better for Apple. I would personally love OSX to be released for general use on any machine. The hardware compatability issues many MacFanBoys sproute, is, in my opinion, a trivial excuse.

The reliability of a general PC can easily match that of a Mac. Mac really only have standards based USB, firewire interfaces and PCIx slots. Again easily supported by general PC makers.

There is no reason why any Mainboard you can get OSX working on with standard interfaces that Mac supports will not be close to if the same in reliability. Apple RELY on this to keep the development costs down.

Apple is using the OS as a selling point, but I personally see this as a problem. OS is an OS, hardware is hardware. These products should stand on there indevidual merrets. Not force you to pay extra high costs on hardware just to get the software. Thats not a long term viable model from my experience. But like I said in my post. The rules have changed. so…

James

]]> By: Jared http://www.crafted.com.au/blog/2008/05/19/opening-up-apple-osx-to-non-mac-hardware/comment-page-1/#comment-3153 Jared Mon, 19 May 2008 09:34:11 +0000 http://www.crafted.com.au/blog/?p=113#comment-3153 I agree as to the fact that they should not open the OS to installed on any old machine. Most people are missing the point when it comes to buying a Mac. Not only are you getting the best OS when you buy a Mac BUT you get hardware that the OS has been designed to work on. It's a complete package. By Apple controlling the hardware, they then don't have the numerous drivers issues that plague Windows. I know that when I buy a Mac, I buy a machine that the OS and Hardware has been engineered to work perfectly together. It's the experience of it. Thats why I love my Mac so much. So I hope that Apple never ever give the adverage joe blogs the ability to install it on any machine. I know they can now, but I wouldn't touch it with a 10 foot pole and I know pretty much every other Mac user would agree with me one this. I agree as to the fact that they should not open the OS to installed on any old machine. Most people are missing the point when it comes to buying a Mac. Not only are you getting the best OS when you buy a Mac BUT you get hardware that the OS has been designed to work on. It’s a complete package. By Apple controlling the hardware, they then don’t have the numerous drivers issues that plague Windows. I know that when I buy a Mac, I buy a machine that the OS and Hardware has been engineered to work perfectly together. It’s the experience of it. Thats why I love my Mac so much.

So I hope that Apple never ever give the adverage joe blogs the ability to install it on any machine. I know they can now, but I wouldn’t touch it with a 10 foot pole and I know pretty much every other Mac user would agree with me one this.

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