Albert Einstein
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(Feb 25, 2006 - 8:37 PM)
I have a "brilliant" idea. E = mAc(core duo) aka Einstein's Theory of MAC relativity.
Since "a lot" of folks want to set OS X free on their x86 boxes (some willing to pay for it while more would just prefer to get anything they can for free), Apple should just get it over with and Think (really) Different. Forget about making it difficult for hackers and wasting all that development effort of trying to secure the operating system to the hardware. Forget about trying to sell a complete experience to a demographic of bozos who cannot grok such an abstract idea. Forget about the damn shareholders.
Instead, Apple should take that $4billion or so they have in the bank and build as much Mac Mini's as possible and give one free to every friggin family on this planet along with a universal binary version of Mac OS X with an EULA that says you can do damn well as you please with the software. The only string that will be attached is to expect no support nor further hardware or software upgrades because Apple will pretty much be dead after this stunt. Eh, but who cares as we all get a real Mac for FREE along with a FREE copy of OS X to do with as we please.
Hackers can go ahead and now legally run Mac OS X wherever the hell they want to (lets get this baby running on that Cisco 6500 Layer 3 switch). Since that FREE Mini would be such a suckage box compared to their homebrewed boxes, they'll have a pretty bookend/doorstop/headrest/ottoman/square frisby.