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    Image of Ninety-9 Ninety-9
    12/20/09

    In reply to Psystar Refuses to Die
    In my own opinion, if it's legal for a business to build a PC, buy a Windows license and sell the package as "Custom built" to a customer, it should be legal to do so with MacOS. I almost question the fair use rights of MacOS, which is sold on shelf (as software).

    I know one of the reasons Apple don't allow this is because they're trying to push their overpriced hardware. Apple will always remail a "Hardware" company in my eyes while Microsoft will remain a Software company. Even though they produce both. You can barely compare the 2 anymore, except through fanboism. The other reason for this ridiculous EULA policy is because if MacOS ran on various hardware builds and 3rd party hardware drivers, it would soon prove to be the LEAST reliable OS on the planet.

    Honestly, I'm still rooting for Pystar to shut down. I don't want MacOS to succeed in the mainstream PC world, I'd rather seem more versitile condenders, like Windows, Ubuntu, OpenSUSE, etc win over the popular market, while MacOS remains a niche, 'stock' OS of a ridiculously priced lineup of prettied-up, mediocre (except the MacPro) hardware.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    12/20/09

    @Ninety-9: What exactly would make OS X less versatile if it were opened up to general PC hardware? What would make it the least reliable, compared to say, (insert distro) Linux, which is not exactly the easiest for lots of people to work on all kinds of hardware. "Versatile" sounds nice, but that's a bit vague. OpenSUSE may be "versatile", but in what way does that make it better for the average person to use?
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    Image of Axelph Axelph
    12/20/09

    @Ninety-9: Don't you people get it? Apple is not trying to surpass Microsoft in any way, they're just trying to stay the minority, they want to stay the elite they've always been. All that mock-up and "wars" are just to keep people occupied. They earn money, and they're happy with it, they just do what they do to keep the news busy while they keep their elite and elegant approach.
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    Image of Ninety-9 Ninety-9
    12:52 AM

    @Kaiser-Machead: Depends on how much effort Apple would be willing to put forth. In its current state, next to none.

    Many people run Windows on Macs but very few would bother to run MacOS on a PC. Versitile, to me is having lots of available applications, particularly in the free to cheap range. Or being able to run almost any hardware combination your little mind can dream up. I think Windows has a much bigger range of support through marketshare and Linux has a bigger range of support due to open source.

    @Axelph: You're probably right, and I hope they do, it's odd that they seem to compare their HARDWARE line to Windows Software, when the sad truth is, the user will probably ditch the MacOS and go with Windows, anyhow.

    Elite and Elegant are harsh words. They're about as Elite as the latest iPod and about as Elegant as a Hyundai.
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    Image of Trai_Dep Trai_Dep
    12/19/09

    In reply to Psystar Refuses to Die
    I look forward to their next business model: installing Vuze on crappy PCs, setting the IE browser home page to Pirate Bay, and selling them. Followed by a blaring a press release stating they've gone into the film production business, with their debut of a small character-driven story called Avatar, brought to you by their new find, an undiscovered talent by the name of James Cameron.
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    Image of HeartBurnKid: Agent of R.O.A.C.H. HeartBurnKid: Agent of R.O.A.C.H.
    12/19/09

    @Trai_Dep: They're Psystar, not Edge Games.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    12/19/09

    In reply to Psystar Refuses to Die
    Psystar deserves what they get. I'd have no problem with Mac clones from an actual company rather than a custom home-built, but my condition would be a legitimate clone. Does anyone actually trust Psystar at this point? They treat their business like a legal experiment. I certainly could not be swayed to invest any significant amount of money in that sort of nonsense.
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    Image of Zanzan42 Zanzan42
    12/20/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: And the reason why there are no clones (Power Computing, Starmax, etc) anymore is because Steve killed them when he came back to apple.

    Apple was losing money on the clones. At the end of the day they are a hardware company (from a revenue and profit perspective). Any clones that were sold were eating into Apple's hardware sales, and whatever licensing deal for the OS that they had with Power and Motorola wasn't making up the profit difference.

    I had a Motorola Starmax 5000 back in the day. Great machine.
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    Image of met2art met2art
    12/19/09

    In reply to Rēmote Turns Your iPhone Into a Universal RF Remote
    I remember having this for my Handspring Visor Prism, nearly ten years ago. The OmniRemote springboard module... it was $59.95, and I used it for my TV, DVD, and surround sound system.
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    Image of soggy_cheerio soggy_cheerio
    12/19/09

    In reply to Rēmote Turns Your iPhone Into a Universal RF Remote
    About a year ago, I wrote an iPhone webapp that allows me to control my DVR. It was incredibly easy, and free. It wouldn't be difficult to modify it to use LIRC to control IR devices. Come to think of it, it wouldn't be difficult to adapt a proxy server to intercept traffic to and from the Google iPhone app. Boom! Instant voice control of all of those devices as well.

    I'm just too lazy. Makes you sick, doesn't it?
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    Image of TheSonOfKrypton TheSonOfKrypton
    12/19/09

    @soggy_cheerio: Indeed.......So much potential. Wasted.
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    Image of madog madog
    12/18/09

    In reply to Rēmote Turns Your iPhone Into a Universal RF Remote
    Will they let Gizmodo demo it before CES?

    I know I would.

    ;)
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    Image of Nathan Obbards Nathan Obbards
    12/18/09

    In reply to Video of The World's Most Pathetic Computer Thief
    /puts on troll hat

    It's obvious he's a dumb thief before he even tries to take anything. I mean, who would steal iMacs, from a non-Apple retail location, and last gen ones at that.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    12/18/09

    In reply to Video of The World's Most Pathetic Computer Thief
    Too bad he didn't fall on something and impale himself. I would've had a morbid chuckle over that.
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    Image of Someone horked my name at engadget Someone horked my name at engadget
    12/18/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: Problem is, here in the States....family files a wrongful death suit, or he sues for medical coverage and either way guy's out of a store.
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    Kaiser-Machead promoted this comment Someone horked my name at engadget was starred Someone horked my name at engadget was unstarred
    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    12/18/09

    @Someone horked my name at engadget: I try not to look that far ahead when observing a well-deserved fail on the part of a criminal.
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    Image of Noobs-R-Us Noobs-R-Us
    12/18/09

    In reply to Finally, Digital Camera RAW Compatibility Update 2.7 for Mac
    No Panasonic. That's why I use Lightroom!
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    Image of ecarls002 ecarls002
    12/18/09

    @Noobs-R-Us: [support.apple.com]

    Plenty of Panasonic support. This is an update.

    Every initial comment in this thread is bashing first, asking questions later. The hate for AppleAnything clouds normal thought, eh?
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    Noobs-R-Us promoted this comment ecarls002 was starred ecarls002 was unstarred
    Image of Noobs-R-Us Noobs-R-Us
    12/19/09

    @ecarls002: I'm not the only one complaining about how Apple is aways the last to update their RAW compatibility. You can wait years before the Apple people get around to it. Hell, the Sigma folks will be dead before Apple gets around to implementing Sigma Raw. So, Mr. Genius, would you care to comment about that???

    That, my friend, is why I have a star . Star people know more about things than you think even though we sometimes are curt with our posts.

    [forums.dpreview.com]
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    Edited by Noobs-R-Us at 12/19/09 10:45 PM Noobs-R-Us was starred Noobs-R-Us was unstarred
    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    12/18/09

    In reply to Finally, Digital Camera RAW Compatibility Update 2.7 for Mac
    Sort of puts another dent in the whole Macs-for-media thing. The fact that compatibility wasn't there in the first place is sad.
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    Image of LuckyPenny LuckyPenny
    12/18/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: Clearly not having RAW compatibility for those 6 cameras, versus the hundred or so it already had - without needing to download drivers proves your point. This is also especially confirmed with the no support for RAW in Windows 7 out-of-the-box.

    Silly macs with their updating continual support.
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    Kaiser-Machead promoted this comment Edited by LuckyPenny at 12/18/09 12:36 PM LuckyPenny was starred LuckyPenny was unstarred
    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    12/18/09

    @LuckyPenny: @Eulatos: OK OK Uncle. I didn't realize the bit about licensing fees for the formats.
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    Image of bornonbord bornonbord
    12/18/09

    In reply to Finally, Digital Camera RAW Compatibility Update 2.7 for Mac
    Well paint me silly: Was the entire Mac platform completely unable to deal with RAW from these cameras until now, or just Mac OS? In other words, were you able to work via CS4 but not OSX?
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    Edited by bornonbord at 12/18/09 12:25 PM bornonbord was starred bornonbord was unstarred
    Image of agahnim agahnim
    12/18/09

    @bornonbord: Just the OS and whatever applications that use the OS's RAW libraries (like Aperture)... It's nice when it works, but there's always Lightroom when it doesn't.
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    Image of bornonbord bornonbord
    12/18/09

    @agahnim: Cheers bro
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    Image of RainyDayInterns RainyDayInterns
    12/18/09

    In reply to It's OK. I Love My Old Gear, Too
    We hear ya! All kinds of cool techie gadgets flow through the office, but we rarely upgrade.

    The 10 year old Sony Vaio does not get as much play as it use to, but our 20" Apple cinema screen and G4 Quicksilver is still going strong.

    We did find the new imation 64GB SSD did make a huge difference in speed to revive our "new-ish" 15" MBP.
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    Image of madog madog
    12/18/09

    @RainyDayInterns: Ahhh PM G4's. I think they are the best computers Apple ever made. I still have my original Sawooth in the closet that I've since gutted and put inside of one of the last MDD models of G4. I bought it (bad power supply) and a previous MDD (bad logic board) for about $100 and pieced them together. Now I've got my "dream machine", a dual proc 1.25GHz G4 (the last G4 came out shortly after at 1.4 or 1.5GHz, but they were prone to some problems).

    Funny thing is, the massive (back then) PS can be sold for about $200 by itself, but I love the guy too much to sell him for parts just yet.
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    Image of Odin Odin
    12/18/09

    In reply to I Can't Believe It Took Us This Long
    Poor PC is so unfairly represented in these adverts. Just once I want to see him punch Mac in the face and point out his flaws for a change.
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    Image of ICEMAN064 ICEMAN064
    12/18/09

    @Odin: PC's have a lot more problems, and it's Apples marketing commercial, so that's never going to happen
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    Image of Odin Odin
    12/18/09

    @ICEMAN064:
    That's just your opinion. Both PC's and Macs are flawed in many many ways. Both have their advantages and disadvantages. A lot of Apple fanboys want to believe that Macs are perfect god machines but the cold hard truth is they're not. Neither platform is universally better than the other.

    And I'm well aware it's Apples marketing commercial, I don't know how that fact could have escaped me (sarcasm). I was expressing a desire to see the tables turned for once. I know it's impossible but that doesn't mean I wouldn't enjoy seeing it happen.
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    Image of jinushaun jinushaun
    12/18/09

    In reply to I Can't Believe It Took Us This Long
    Why? People have been waiting for this? The Snow White and Lego stickers make much more sense. This is pointless.
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    Image of jakebathman jakebathman
    12/17/09

    In reply to On the First Day of Christmas, My iPhone Gave to Me...
    What's that last app, the one that controls the lights?
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