and1direct Posted October 10, 2007 Share Posted October 10, 2007 They can't open OSX to PCs. Why? Because Microsoft would buy them. Microsoft Corporation ? one of the major competitors of the company ? has invested 16.1% of its total revenues on R&D, in the fiscal year 2007 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theyarecomingforyou Posted October 10, 2007 Share Posted October 10, 2007 They can't open OSX to PCs.Why? Because Microsoft would buy them. Legally they couldn't buy them, so that's just nonsense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quillz Posted October 11, 2007 Share Posted October 11, 2007 Legally they couldn't buy them, so that's just nonsense. What stops them legally from purchasing another company? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drumy Posted October 11, 2007 Share Posted October 11, 2007 Monopoly law Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the evn show Posted October 11, 2007 Share Posted October 11, 2007 Monopoly law I'd love to hear the details about 'monopoly law'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
betasp Posted October 11, 2007 Share Posted October 11, 2007 I'd love to hear the details about 'monopoly law'. Have fun... http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/msdoj/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTD Posted October 11, 2007 Share Posted October 11, 2007 I'd love to hear the details about 'monopoly law'. Simple. Yo don't get a wad of cash when you land on Free Parking. ;) @ theyarecomingforyou I don't have much to say about gaming. I think part of the issue with gaming is that unless you're running a Mac Pro (closest thing you'll get to a customizable PC) Apple's computer line isn't really suited to the kind of regular upgrades required for optimum gaming. Well, assuming the PC gaming market likes to keep optimizing their rigs to keep up with increasing hardware requirements. Perhaps the Mac market clamoring for games is not a significant segment. Although Apple has been making inroads here lately. Doesn't seem to be much demand in this area, but I could be wrong. I don't pay much attention to games these days, much less games made for/ported to Mac. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaisinCain Posted October 11, 2007 Share Posted October 11, 2007 They can't open OSX to PCs.Why? Because Microsoft would buy them. Microsoft Corporation ? one of the major competitors of the company ? has invested 16.1% of its total revenues on R&D, in the fiscal year 2007 "They" don't have to as of yet. The hackers have already made it so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the evn show Posted October 11, 2007 Share Posted October 11, 2007 Have fun...http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/msdoj/ Being a monopoly isn't a crime - abusing a monopoly position to gain unfair influence in another market. It also seems illegal to use your position of monopoly power to restrict competition and ignoring laws that prohibit collusion, price fixing, and forced tie-in were illegal too. At least that's what the final decree and memorandum opinion seemed to say on the site you linked. So, with that understanding, what exactly does that have to do with purchasing Apple (whom incidently, were found by the DOJ not to be a competitor to Microsoft in America -- by nature of market prevelance -- and in the EU -- by nature of being a 'boutique brand')? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaisinCain Posted October 11, 2007 Share Posted October 11, 2007 Mute points. Damn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fusion Posted October 11, 2007 Share Posted October 11, 2007 I'd love to hear the details about 'monopoly law'. It's fairly straight forward and well known. Something like "do not pass go" and "do not collect $200." I think if you break it you have to stay in jail for 3 rounds or something like that. And then there's something else too about doubles, but I'd have to consult a lawyer on that one, I'm not sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThehAWKs Posted October 11, 2007 Share Posted October 11, 2007 "They" don't have to as of yet. The hackers have already made it so. Apple uses that OSX86 community as a ginny pig.wonder why they have never tired to shut them down or even, try to make it harder for the apple OS not to run on non-apple hardware. trust me they could make that happen, in the blink of an eye but they don't and leopard is so late and not revolutionary just evolutionary. And someone tell me what is the first thing you see when you go to http://www.apple.com/ should that tell you something ........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPressland Posted October 11, 2007 Share Posted October 11, 2007 An iPod Nano? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThehAWKs Posted October 11, 2007 Share Posted October 11, 2007 An iPod Nano? yes your right they don't care about there computers as much.... its all about the iPod/iphone/itouch ...... this is why leopard is late..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osirisX Posted October 11, 2007 Share Posted October 11, 2007 Yes, that's why back in August they had the new iMac on the front page and back in July they had all info about Leopard on the front page. They so don't care about their computers! iPhone + iPods = more money then Leopard. Phil Schiller told when we were waiting for a bus yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PyX Posted October 11, 2007 Share Posted October 11, 2007 Obviously, Leopard doesn't bring much money to the company. What brings money is the fact that people want to switch to OS X so they buy the hardware that has Leopard on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.kvn Posted October 11, 2007 Share Posted October 11, 2007 The big surprise in Leopard???? Hmmm..... They'll fix the look of the dock when it's positioned on the side as at the moment it's simply crap. Anything else? Maybe some extra buffing around the edges. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osirisX Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 The big surprise in Leopard????Hmmm..... They'll fix the look of the dock when it's positioned on the side as at the moment it's simply crap. Well how do you suppose they fix it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suspiria Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 The big surprise in Leopard????Hmmm..... They'll fix the look of the dock when it's positioned on the side as at the moment it's simply crap. Anything else? Maybe some extra buffing around the edges. That dock, in its current form, looks like garbage anywhere it's placed on screen. It's Vista-level eye candy. In other words: Unnecessary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTD Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 yes your right they don't care about there computers as much....its all about the iPod/iphone/itouch ...... this is why leopard is late..... I guess that's why they revamped their whole iMac line. Revolutionary design, running the world's most advanced OS. Why are you even in here?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPressland Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 I guess that's why they revamped their whole iMac line.Revolutionary design, running the world's most advanced OS. Why are you even in here?? +1, Apple do care Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PyX Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 Apple has had many projects this year, and even though they're a "small" company, they managed to achieve most of them in time. - iPhone - Apple TV - An entire new line of iPods - Updated MacBook Pros, MacBooks, Mac Minis, iMacs - Updated keyboard - Updated iWork (to include a new application) - Updated iLife - Soon OS X will be updated Each of these small key points require a lot of work, it's not easy for them to work on so many projects without being able to expand yet... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osirisX Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 Apple has had many projects this year, and even though they're a "small" company, they managed to achieve most of them in time.- iPhone - Apple TV - An entire new line of iPods - Updated MacBook Pros, MacBooks, Mac Minis, iMacs - Updated keyboard - Updated iWork (to include a new application) - Updated iLife - Soon OS X will be updated Each of these small key points require a lot of work, it's not easy for them to work on so many projects without being able to expand yet... Add to that: - Final Cut Studio 2 - Logic Studio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dead.cell Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 All of you are wrong; it's a Steve Jobs wallpaper!! Source Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottKin Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 What the hell Lasker...On topic: Yeah I doubt we'll see anything *amazing* that we've not already seen Wow - What ever happened to having a sense of humor? --ScottKin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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