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Offline jdjtcagle

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Re: Computer upgrade question
The OS is key in bringing out the most in hardware :)

What stops people from buying just the OS then instead of the seriously overpriced hardware?

I don't know about all that... all I know is the macs I've looked at are cheaper than my quality 2 gig at home.
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Offline ns161

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Re: Computer upgrade question
Never had a mac

Also never had a virus
Never had a trojan

Only time I've ever actually had to deal with infections and etc. is on my in laws computer.  My life's little brother (by little I mean 19 year old) who logged on to some really sketchy websites and stupidly said "yes" to every pop up because he was promised "nude coeds" or something.  They have a Mac

THAT was a disaster.

The lesson:

Whether you have a PC or a MAC, its being stupid that gets you into trouble

 

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Re: Computer upgrade question
It's something we said hundreds of times, but silly PC users just don't wan't to hear:
It's the feel of it, dude

For the last time, quit having sex with your computer. Gosh!  ;7

Never had a mac

Also never had a virus
Never had a trojan

[snip]

Whether you have a PC or a MAC, its being stupid that gets you into trouble

QFT. I've never had but one virus (that someone else got on there) in my years with Windows.

 
Re: Computer upgrade question
Never had a mac

Also never had a virus
Never had a trojan

Only time I've ever actually had to deal with infections and etc. is on my in laws computer.  My life's little brother (by little I mean 19 year old) who logged on to some really sketchy websites and stupidly said "yes" to every pop up because he was promised "nude coeds" or something.  They have a Mac

THAT was a disaster.

The lesson:

Whether you have a PC or a MAC, its being stupid that gets you into trouble

Well, can't trust you there. I've seen so much dorks pulling out some 'case' of mac problems out of their arses to bash Apple.
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Offline jdjtcagle

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Re: Computer upgrade question
LOL!

Let's get a bug list of the new Vista

huh?

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Offline Unknown Target

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Re: Computer upgrade question
How about let's get a list of who actually uses Visa, huh?

As to Mac's being stable/virus free; the campus I'm on had a nasty outbreak of Mac viruses last year, after a Mac user got infected and spread it throughout the network. As to them being stable, my roommate managed to crash his Mac within the first week of having it. Then, about two weeks ago, he turned it off, moved to a new location, and it was dead.

But these arguments bore me, if you go to any sort of tech campus you get tired of hearing them, and honestly, it doesn't matter either way. It's down to personal preference, and if Mac users (and I say Mac users because honestly, you'd have to look relatively hard to find a PC user who's so dogmatic about the platform) would just shut up about their platform being "superior" then we could move on with their lives. I'm not saying it is or isn't, I'm just saying shut the hell up about it. You're the Abercrombie and Fitch of the computing world and all you do is serve to annoy people who either don't care or actually know what they're talking about (on both ends, Mac or PC).
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Offline jdjtcagle

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Re: Computer upgrade question
Easy UT why the rebuke? just useless arguing... No one is actually getting offended are they? :confused:

Spoiler:
macs are still cooler... k sorry I'm leaving the topic :P
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Offline Bob-san

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Re: Computer upgrade question
The OS is key in bringing out the most in hardware :)

What stops people from buying just the OS then instead of the seriously overpriced hardware?
It's illegal for one. That doesn't stop many DIYers and other tech-savvy to put together a Hackintosh. Just pick up an x86 copy of OSX and look up the hacks.
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Offline Ghostavo

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Re: Computer upgrade question
The OS is key in bringing out the most in hardware :)

What stops people from buying just the OS then instead of the seriously overpriced hardware?
It's illegal for one. That doesn't stop many DIYers and other tech-savvy to put together a Hackintosh. Just pick up an x86 copy of OSX and look up the hacks.

Illegal?  :wtf: How is it illegal to buy an OS and install it on your PC? If it says anything of that sort on the terms of use you can shove it down their throats because it's not.
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Offline castor

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I guess its just illegal to sell it without the hardware?

 

Offline BloodEagle

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That would be like saying that it's illegal to watch a DVD on a DVD player that didn't come with said DVD.  :rolleyes:

OEM software, however, isn't supposed to be sold without hardware (for really stupid reasons). Most places just make you buy a $1.00 mouse with the OS.

 

Offline Ghostavo

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But most (all?) OSs are also sold seperatly, and in this case Mac OS (the OS in question) is not an exception.

Not that I would want an OS to do what I already do but worse.
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Offline castor

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Re: Computer upgrade question
Well, interpret it yourself.

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Software License Agreement for Mac OS X
2. Permitted License Uses and Restrictions.

A. This License allows you to install and use one copy of the Apple Software on a single Apple-labeled computer at a time. This License does not allow the Apple Software to exist on more than one computer at a time,and you may not make the Apple Software available over a network where it could be used by multiple computers at the same time.

http://store.apple.com/Catalog/US/Images/MacOSX.htm

 

Offline BloodEagle

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Windows says that as well. They just want you to put a useless sticker on the case.

By the way, EULAs are not law. At the most, they could stop supporting you for violating it.

 

Offline castor

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Re: Computer upgrade question
Yea, its not likely to end up jailed for riggin it to work in a dell :D
I guess :nervous:

 

Offline Bob-san

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Re: Computer upgrade question
Well, interpret it yourself.

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Software License Agreement for Mac OS X
2. Permitted License Uses and Restrictions.

A. This License allows you to install and use one copy of the Apple Software on a single Apple-labeled computer at a time. This License does not allow the Apple Software to exist on more than one computer at a time,and you may not make the Apple Software available over a network where it could be used by multiple computers at the same time.

http://store.apple.com/Catalog/US/Images/MacOSX.htm

That's what I was referring to. That, and IIRC, it requires a few hacks to work properly. Those hacks are into closed-source software, so it becomes illegal more-specifically there.
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Offline Ghostavo

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Re: Computer upgrade question
The moment you buy a piece of software you are allowed to install it on a PC regardless of what the EULA says. The most it can do is as BloodEagle said, is that they don't support you.

Think about it, is it illegal to install a game in a PC that doesn't meet the minimum requirements? It's the same thing with an OS.

Using the example BloodEagle also used, if say... Sony decided that all it's CD's had to be played on Sony's and only Sony's CD players, would it be illegal to listen to them on any other player?
« Last Edit: February 21, 2008, 06:49:30 pm by Ghostavo »
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Re: Computer upgrade question
Can run windows OS natively so gaming shouldn't be a problem

Macs now have Intel mobos and cpus, as well as being able to use Nvidia and Ati Gpus. This means they can run Windows. So all that means is that Macs are pretty much PCs now.

 
Re: Computer upgrade question
What. The. **** did you just say?

I'm gonna ignore that comment.
Say that **** againg and :headz:
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