When I switched operating systems, I didn't move frick. I left everything where it was and just bookmarked the old locations. Perhaps I should have chosen a more clear way of expressing my frustration here, let me state it this way.
You shouldn't have to get a new machine to get a decent OS, ergo, you shouldn't have to move files between machines to switch in the first place. I tried to get kalyway to work on my Dell in a dual boot, and it failed miserably; I have come to the conclusion that instead of selling pretty hardware, Apple should be forced by anti-monopoly regulations to either license their OS to third parties without restrictions, or cease to sell it within the United States in any form at all.
Their OS is decent (by way of being posix compliant), but my hate for Apple will not die until either the company does, or they get their heads out of their butts with our without government assistance.
You're obviously unclear on the definition of "monopoly". It's not possible for to make Apple do anything under anti-monopoly regulations, because Apple doesn't have a monopoly on anything. I'm not sure why this is such a difficult concept for you to wrap your head around. Is Apple preventing competition in the computer marketplace? No? Then there's no monopoly. It is that simple. Period. Done. For god's sake, buy a clue.
The fact that you are so ignorant about OS X that you didn't know it has SMB built into the OS and can speak to any Windows machine natively speaks volumes. You're a tool. And now you're trying to tell me that really your problem is that you want to run OS X on any machine you want.
Boo freakin' hoo. That is not a failing of OS X, that's a failing of your ability to understand why Apple is not going to license OS X. And of course none of this has anything to do with your original post, which was ignorant to the point of being laughable.
Aside from the fact that basic network shares and the ability to read NTFS partitions are two different things, I'd only be crying if I actually /bought/ a mac. As it stands, I'm loving my Dell but would like to be able to consider OSX a competitor in the open operating system market, and won't purchase an Apple product until I can. Due to the fact that the only emotion I've personally known text to accurately and consistently convey is anger, I'm not going to follow this comment up beyond this point.
Wait, you want to FORCE Apple to give up their intellectual property on terms you dictate to them? You know, rather than producing a product, setting a price and terms, and letting people decide if it is worth their money?
Oh for FUCK'S SAKE. Yes OS X can read NTFS. Yes, OS X can use SMB natively. Happy now? Or should I keep going? You realize I wouldn't have to tell you this if you had the slightest clue about what OS X can do, right?
First you said this:
"I'd only be crying if I actually /bought/ a mac."
Then you said THIS:
"would like to be able to consider OSX a competitor in the open operating system market, and won't purchase an Apple product until I can."
You see that last sentence? That is called CRYING. I won't buy an Apple product until they do what I say, waah waah WAAH. You still don't appear to understand that licensing the OS would undermine the company so badly that it would go out of business. Not surprising, as you have shown yourself to be nothing but staggeringly ignorant on the topic of Macs. Did you know that Apple already licensed out the OS once? No of course you didn't, what am I saying? I keep forgetting you're an ignorant tool.
The only reason you would be crying if you bought a Mac is because you're very possibly too stupid to use one. And believe me, that is really saying something.
because regular people don't install OS upgrades, they buy new machines like they're supposed to. I know a dozen people that couldn't pull their settings from their one windows PC to another...let alone from a PC to a Mac. This product is for them, not you with your funky Samba and Ubuntu servers.
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Why would you have to move files between machines just to swi- ohhhhhhh
That's right, OSX doesn't have hardware support worth crap. Almost forgot about that.
Yes, because this is the only possible way to transfer files to a Mac from a PC.
What are you, an idiot?
I'd assume you could do it wirelessly, with removable media, removable hard drives perhaps...
OSX Just Works with NTFS, right?
Of course it does. Again, what are you, an idiot?
When I switched operating systems, I didn't move frick. I left everything where it was and just bookmarked the old locations.
Perhaps I should have chosen a more clear way of expressing my frustration here, let me state it this way.
You shouldn't have to get a new machine to get a decent OS, ergo, you shouldn't have to move files between machines to switch in the first place. I tried to get kalyway to work on my Dell in a dual boot, and it failed miserably; I have come to the conclusion that instead of selling pretty hardware, Apple should be forced by anti-monopoly regulations to either license their OS to third parties without restrictions, or cease to sell it within the United States in any form at all.
Their OS is decent (by way of being posix compliant), but my hate for Apple will not die until either the company does, or they get their heads out of their butts with our without government assistance.
You're obviously unclear on the definition of "monopoly". It's not possible for to make Apple do anything under anti-monopoly regulations, because Apple doesn't have a monopoly on anything. I'm not sure why this is such a difficult concept for you to wrap your head around. Is Apple preventing competition in the computer marketplace? No? Then there's no monopoly. It is that simple. Period. Done. For god's sake, buy a clue.
The fact that you are so ignorant about OS X that you didn't know it has SMB built into the OS and can speak to any Windows machine natively speaks volumes. You're a tool. And now you're trying to tell me that really your problem is that you want to run OS X on any machine you want.
Boo freakin' hoo. That is not a failing of OS X, that's a failing of your ability to understand why Apple is not going to license OS X. And of course none of this has anything to do with your original post, which was ignorant to the point of being laughable.
In conclusion, cry more.
Aside from the fact that basic network shares and the ability to read NTFS partitions are two different things, I'd only be crying if I actually /bought/ a mac. As it stands, I'm loving my Dell but would like to be able to consider OSX a competitor in the open operating system market, and won't purchase an Apple product until I can. Due to the fact that the only emotion I've personally known text to accurately and consistently convey is anger, I'm not going to follow this comment up beyond this point.
Wait, you want to FORCE Apple to give up their intellectual property on terms you dictate to them? You know, rather than producing a product, setting a price and terms, and letting people decide if it is worth their money?
Sounds sorta fascist.
Oh for FUCK'S SAKE. Yes OS X can read NTFS. Yes, OS X can use SMB natively. Happy now? Or should I keep going? You realize I wouldn't have to tell you this if you had the slightest clue about what OS X can do, right?
First you said this:
"I'd only be crying if I actually /bought/ a mac."
Then you said THIS:
"would like to be able to consider OSX a competitor in the open operating system market, and won't purchase an Apple product until I can."
You see that last sentence? That is called CRYING. I won't buy an Apple product until they do what I say, waah waah WAAH. You still don't appear to understand that licensing the OS would undermine the company so badly that it would go out of business. Not surprising, as you have shown yourself to be nothing but staggeringly ignorant on the topic of Macs. Did you know that Apple already licensed out the OS once? No of course you didn't, what am I saying? I keep forgetting you're an ignorant tool.
The only reason you would be crying if you bought a Mac is because you're very possibly too stupid to use one. And believe me, that is really saying something.
Dum dum dum... Super Zak to the rescue!
because regular people don't install OS upgrades, they buy new machines like they're supposed to. I know a dozen people that couldn't pull their settings from their one windows PC to another...let alone from a PC to a Mac. This product is for them, not you with your funky Samba and Ubuntu servers.