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Apple planning to charge Tiger users for Boot Camp? {Engadget}
Jan 22nd 2007 1:03AM @John Doe
What are they going to sue them for? Not providing access to a piece of hardware that is not yet certified and isn't supported by Tiger? Its not like they were advertising Draft-N technology and then asking you to pay for it. Fact is, most people won't be able to use it anyways, since N is still in its infantile stage, and if you DO need it, its because you have a new Airport or Apple TV, both of which come with the necessary drivers.
As you can see, there's no argument that someone could come up with that couldn't be shot down by lawyers.
Apple planning to charge Tiger users for Boot Camp? {Engadget}
Jan 21st 2007 11:51PM Hey Uh, you do realize that it WILL be a part of the OS, right? It just won't be a part of the OLD OS once Leopard is released. A lot of it most likely has to do with the way Leopard will interact with windows (Boot Camp is not fond of Vista in its present state) and I'd imagine that a lot of the features required to run Vista cannot simply be added on to Tiger with an Update. Apple knows that many people will buy macs once Leopard comes out with BootCamp, but they do also recognize that people that bought macs because of the BC Beta KNOW that the Beta is only a time-limited piece of software and that they'll have to pay for the real thing.
Apple planning to charge Tiger users for Boot Camp? {Engadget}
Jan 21st 2007 11:05PM Based on your comments, I find it suspect that you would have actually TRIED a similarly equipped $3800 MacPro. It would smoke your system .
And no, I didn't call all PCs crap, its common knowledge, however, that more than a few of them ARE. More than a few of them don't look all that great either. (Vaio desktops and Dell XPS machines being a notable exception.
Apple planning to charge Tiger users for Boot Camp? {Engadget}
Jan 21st 2007 9:39PM Wait a sec; you think that they won't let OSX onto PCs because they don't want it to run on Good hardware? Its exactly the opposite pal; Apple doesn't want their OS operating on crap PCs that look like crap. Lets put a high-end MacPro against a high-end PC, and then we'll see who's wearing the pants. (hint: MSoft's skirt will end up being floor length)
There is absolutely nothing wrong with Apple charging for bootcamp; There isn't really any comparable windows software, and Parallels (as has been mentioned) is more expensive than $30. The only reason people are complaining is because its Apple. (oh and to put this into perspective, I don't agree with them charging for the Draft-N to be activated, but I at least understand WHY they may have to do it)
Apple planning to charge Tiger users for Boot Camp? {Engadget}
Jan 21st 2007 9:15PM Uh no, they make their money by actually designing products people WANT not products that they're forced by neccesity to use. If OSX had the wide variety of 3rd party apps available that Windows does, MSoft would quickly find itself in second place behind Apple in OS marketshare. This is what some people don't get; there is NOTHING original in the computer software or hardware industry. NOTHING. Everything is based off something else and companies use each other's products as 'inspiration' for their own. Its nothing new and it will neve change, so quit complaining about it.
Apple planning to charge Tiger users for Boot Camp? {Engadget}
Jan 21st 2007 9:02PM You're so full of it. Compared to Vista, Leopard WILL be a deal, especially considering that the higher end vistas go for over $200 while having features that Apple already offers on Tiger which is a deal at $130.
Want to know why MSoft gives some software out for free? Because NO ONE would buy it if they charged money for it. And please, name one piece of software comparable to Boot Camp that microsoft makes that they do not charge money for. (rhetorical question, since they offer none)
The Google Switch: an iPhone killer? {Engadget}
Jan 18th 2007 10:38AM FAKE! The picture uses a photoshopped version of Motorola's new Linux UI. Plus, you know, the part where it LOOKS like a PHOTOSHOP.
Cisco SVP Mark Chandler weighs in on iPhone debacle {Engadget}
Jan 11th 2007 1:55AM Well actually, in the courts if Apple can prove that they have offered Cisco more than adequate compensation for the use of the Trademark, Cisco's demands could be determined unreasonable and Apple could be granted use of the trademark.
Fact of the matter is that it IS suspicious that Cisco would launch a phone labeled iPhone less than a month before MacWorld, especially since the last iPhone was 11 years ago. Their defense of the use of the iPhone moniker after such a gap is especially dubious when looking at the big picture. And has been said before, Cisco's iPhone is nothing more than a crappy rebranded Linksys unit, which smacks of being rushed to market with the sole intent of beating apple. (because if Apple had actually shown intent to produce a unit called iPhone and Cisco did not, Apple would have grounds to have the trademark stripped from Cisco)
Cisco SVP Mark Chandler weighs in on iPhone debacle {Engadget}
Jan 11th 2007 12:03AM Well see the situation is NOT that straightforward. If Apple can prove that their iPhone was in development long before Cisco's, they could theoretically have the court rule that Cisco had no intention of producing a product branded iPhone until after the rumors of Apple's phone emerged. Then it would seem that Cisco intentionally used the trademark in order to block Apple from using it. (otherwise, Apple could have also had a case that they should have a right to the trademark since Cisco was not using it)
Then there's the terms through which Cisco would let apple use the trademark. It is absolutely inexcusable that Cisco would think that they could force Apple to integrate Cisco's own technology into the iPhone, which NO company would tolerate. (not just apple) If the lawsuit goes on, I'd imagine we'll hear the exact same thing from a Judge, especially if Apple had already agreed to pay Cisco for use of the trademark.
AOL and Haier's Linux-based "Smartscreen Media Device" flies in from left field {Engadget}
Jan 10th 2007 12:22AM Ahhh, and so we meet the next target of Creative's (and Apple's) interface patent lawsuit.
