Comments on: No Mac OS X for Atom based netbooks is a big mistake http://www.desinformado.com/2009/11/no-mac-os-x-for-atom-based-netbooks-is-a-big-mistake/ Technology and Gadgets News Wed, 02 Dec 2009 00:37:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Louis Wheeler http://www.desinformado.com/2009/11/no-mac-os-x-for-atom-based-netbooks-is-a-big-mistake/comment-page-1/#comment-2798 Louis Wheeler Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:36:06 +0000 http://www.desinformado.com/?p=10094#comment-2798 I disagree. Apple made no promises to allow Mac OSX to be installed on hardware it does not choose to use. If it forgets to block that hardware and then comes back later to disallow it, then it has violated no one's rights. The Apple EULA says clearly that Mac OSX is not to be used on non Apple hardware, so what is your gripe? Even if you were right in this being a lost opportunity for Apple, this is not your's or a hacker's choice to make. This is Apple's intellectual property. If it does not protect it from those who would misuse it, then Apple loses all rights to control it. Apple has no interest in very inexpensive, e-waste computers. Anyone who would have one is never going to be good Apple customer. And people who declare that they have a right to violate Apple's EULA will not be good customers either. Cannot you see? This is your immorality driving this. If you were an honest person you would not seek to violate Apple's rights. You would not say that Apple has no rights, and then damn Apple when they use technology to thwart your illegality. Expect much more of this. When the 64 bit kernel is enabled by default, a whole series of security enhancements kick in. One of these is virtual technology which sandboxes the operating system, applications and processes. It will become very difficult for hackers to break into. The Snow Leopard DVD changed its traditional practices; it now loads the contents of the DVD into a virtual space, before it starts asking who you are. The next step is for Apple to start verifying that you are the owner of the computer, that you have permission to install software on a company owned computer and whether the computer is Apple hardware. If any of those conditions are false, then Apple will direct you to an Apple store. What this will do is to disallow people from over writing the operating system on a stolen or lost Macintosh. The Mac will, like the iPhone, call the original owner and say where the computer is. A stolen Mac will lock itself and require you to take it to an Apple store to fix it. This seems like a security enhancement to me. Businesses will like this feature; they lose private data all the time on lost or stolen computers. Companies have the right to control if an employee has permission to install software on a company computer. And Apple has the right to verify that the hardware is genuine Apple. If you disagree, the Apple will tell you to install Windows or the Chrome OS, not Apple's OS. You have no rights to violate in this matter. I disagree. Apple made no promises to allow Mac OSX to be installed on hardware it does not choose to use. If it forgets to block that hardware and then comes back later to disallow it, then it has violated no one’s rights. The Apple EULA says clearly that Mac OSX is not to be used on non Apple hardware, so what is your gripe?

Even if you were right in this being a lost opportunity for Apple, this is not your’s or a hacker’s choice to make. This is Apple’s intellectual property. If it does not protect it from those who would misuse it, then Apple loses all rights to control it.

Apple has no interest in very inexpensive, e-waste computers. Anyone who would have one is never going to be good Apple customer. And people who declare that they have a right to violate Apple’s EULA will not be good customers either.

Cannot you see? This is your immorality driving this. If you were an honest person you would not seek to violate Apple’s rights. You would not say that Apple has no rights, and then damn Apple when they use technology to thwart your illegality.

Expect much more of this. When the 64 bit kernel is enabled by default, a whole series of security enhancements kick in. One of these is virtual technology which sandboxes the operating system, applications and processes. It will become very difficult for hackers to break into.

The Snow Leopard DVD changed its traditional practices; it now loads the contents of the DVD into a virtual space, before it starts asking who you are. The next step is for Apple to start verifying that you are the owner of the computer, that you have permission to install software on a company owned computer and whether the computer is Apple hardware. If any of those conditions are false, then Apple will direct you to an Apple store.

What this will do is to disallow people from over writing the operating system on a stolen or lost Macintosh. The Mac will, like the iPhone, call the original owner and say where the computer is. A stolen Mac will lock itself and require you to take it to an Apple store to fix it. This seems like a security enhancement to me. Businesses will like this feature; they lose private data all the time on lost or stolen computers.

Companies have the right to control if an employee has permission to install software on a company computer. And Apple has the right to verify that the hardware is genuine Apple. If you disagree, the Apple will tell you to install Windows or the Chrome OS, not Apple’s OS. You have no rights to violate in this matter.

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