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Quote: Originally Posted by NasserAE There claus in Apple EULA says "Install" as well. How do you explain Psystar claim that Apple is abusing the copyright law by limiting the installation of Mac OS to Apple's hardware?! Apple never bothered w…
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Quote: Originally Posted by NasserAE ...However, I don't see how Apple saying that "our software on our hardware only" is a violation of any law. As far as I know there is no constitutional law that say everyone have the right to install Mac OS o…
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Quote: Originally Posted by anonymouse Actually, it says: "... provided that such a new copy or adaptation is created as an essential step in the utilization of the computer program in conjunction with a machine and that it is used in no other…
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Quote: Originally Posted by NasserAE The EULA is not supplementary document. False. There is no stipulation in Copyright or Patent law that allows an individual or corporation to extend further the rights given them through the Copyright and P…
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Quote: Originally Posted by NasserAE Installing a software, which is considered copying by the way, is protected under the copyright law. This is the center of the problem. Once you install the software you can use it in anyway you want. You c…
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Quote: Originally Posted by tawilson Convenient how you missed out emphasising the part I have made red, which completely goes against your point. Would you care to explain how operating software is an expression of anything? What kind of nons…
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Quote: Originally Posted by jragosta That is absolutely incorrect. For example, if you have a party with 1,000 guests and show a copy of the DVD you purchased at Best Buy, that would be a violation of copyright. Use of a copyrighted work for publ…
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Quote: Originally Posted by NasserAE You totally missed the point because razor blades are not copyrighted material. Software, including OS, are copyrighted materials and therefore the owner of the software (Apple) is given rights to govern how t…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Clive At Five So what happens when I call Dell support when I don't own a Dell? Am I thieving from Dell by costing them 20 seconds of support time for them to determine that I am not a Dell user? How much is …
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Quote: Originally Posted by anonymouse ...The material harm is that the use r is enjoying the benefits of Mac OS X while Apple has lost the revenue from the required hardware purchase... Apple would have to provide evidence that the user would…
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First of all, thanks for the intelligent debate! Quote: Originally Posted by jrg_uk Well, the EULA is an extension of the rights you have to Apple's copyright materials (very little, by default.) They permit you to use their copyright material…
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Quote: Originally Posted by rhowarth Exactly. If you want to know what the full retail cost of an operating system is (neither an upgrade nor bundled with a hardware sale) you only need to look at Windows. Just because there's very little stop…
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The patent issue(s) would seem to be a non-issue according to the terms of the CDDL which ZFS is licensed under: Quote: What does the CDDL say about patents? The CDDL provides an explicit patent license for code released under the license. Th…
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Quote: Originally Posted by macshark That 27" panel with 2560x1440 resolution is very interesting. I am not aware of any LCD monitors that use this display. Has anyone seen one? Appears to be a custom LCD panel. I found an Acer 27" LCD at …
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Quote: Originally Posted by CdnBook The licensing issue between Intel and Nvidia is really more about the memory controller, and Nvidia's rights to manufacture it. Apple can still combine an i7 Clarksfield with whatever discrete GPU they want, no…
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Quote: Originally Posted by nvidia2008 Sorry mate, I think there is a 0.001% chance the iMac this year will have Clarksfield. Arrandale next year, 2 core (and possibly, just maybe, 4 core)... is more likely. In the current profit model for Apple …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Zoolook Because they'll need a battery from the 27th Century to make it last more than 10 mins. Check out the battery life of these processors... start at Anandtech. That's at idle... 69 minutes! Even with Ap…
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Quote: Originally Posted by melgross Perhaps you only look at synthetic benchmarks. but if you ever read REAL tests from Anandtech and others, you will see that real world performance rarely has anything to do with those. Your splitting hairs …
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Quote: Originally Posted by addabox Man, when you decide someone is "against you" you really kinda lose your shit, don't you? So you think people who buy Apple's wares are stupid, you have nothing but contempt for anyone who thinks otherwise, …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Dr Millmoss Who buys specs? Some perhaps, but this is not the market for the iMac. Quote: Originally Posted by addabox The average buyer checks out a machine and makes a judgement based on a variety of factors-- …