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16-06-2007, 06:55 PM
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16-06-2007, 07:39 PM
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The ways of installing OS X on non-Apple hardware are not legal and are condemned by Apple. I know people who have gone down this route and have not succeeded even getting it to work, or have had a lot of trouble doing so.
In my opinion, it's not worth the hassle. Go out and get yourself a real Mac. It will save you much more time, is legal and looks much better.
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16-06-2007, 11:35 PM
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you guys feel free to pay ridiculous prices for macs, i'll keep using OSX on a wintel platform 
and if it doesnt work, who cares? nothing ventured, nothing lost
the only reason its not legal is because apple wants to protect their beefy margins. and if you guys wanna help them do so, feel free
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16-06-2007, 11:54 PM
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Originally Posted by sanjay
you guys feel free to pay ridiculous prices for macs, i'll keep using OSX on a wintel platform
and if it doesnt work, who cares? nothing ventured, nothing lost
the only reason its not legal is because apple wants to protect their beefy margins. and if you guys wanna help them do so, feel free |
Don't you worry, we mac users don't have a problem with investing in our platform.
I'd rather not steal from one of the few tech companies that actually innovates and pushes the industry forwards. Obviously you don't have a problem with that. That's your choice I guess.
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17-06-2007, 12:05 AM
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The easiest way to find out when the iMac will be updated is for me to go order one.
Guaranteed, they will be updated within a month. Happens to me EVERY BLOODY TIME!
*no I am not going to order one just so you can get a newly designed imac thank you very much!  |
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17-06-2007, 12:47 AM
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Originally Posted by OziMac
The only thing that may massively change in the near future is the enclosure (and the price may drop slightly). The most that will be upgraded internally is a shift to Santa Rosa, a FSB of 800MHz and speeds of 2.2 and 2.4GHz - which is not a huge leap away from what is currently availble.
My gut feeling is that any changes that might come will either come at the end of June or in September/October.
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They will probably upgrade the GPU at the same time - since the intel transition they've pretty much kept the iMacs and Macbook Pros on par in terms of specs. The 7600GT will probably be bumped to a 8600GT. I'm not sure if the 8300GT chipset has been released yet, but that would be the logical replacement for the 17/20" GPU. It would be good to see a slightly better GPU in the 20", but I'm not holding my breath.
Which makes me wonder.... when will Apple update their integrated graphics macs to use the Intel GMA (X)3000 chipset? Presumably they'll do it before or alongside Leopard - they will want to make sure that store demo macbooks can use all of Leopard and still look "as smooth as butter"!
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17-06-2007, 01:21 AM
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Originally Posted by forgie
Don't you worry, we mac users don't have a problem with investing in our platform.
I'd rather not steal from one of the few tech companies that actually innovates and pushes the industry forwards. Obviously you don't have a problem with that. That's your choice I guess. |
i'll be buying leopard etc, pending my G4 ibook is good enough to run it.
i think there is huge value in their software division, so im more than happy to invest in that. just not in their overpriced hardware.
im due for a computer upgrade, and if that mac matrix was widened to fit a prosumer mac tower, for a reasonable price...i would be there, absolutely. but this isnt the thread to discuss that.
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17-06-2007, 08:06 AM
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Personally I don't hold with the "if you need a new machine, buy it now" philosophy. One of the pleasures of buying a new Mac is knowing you have the latest model, the longer it takes to be upgraded the more time you have to savour that feeling.
I'd wait for the next iMac upgrade and then buy, if you believe the Macrumors Buyers Guide, that upgrade should be just around the corner.
As for waiting for Leopard, I wouldn't bother, it's not expensive and you can always install it later. However, if the latest iLife suite is bundled with Leopard installed Mac's, you may want to consider holding off until October.
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17-06-2007, 07:17 PM
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bound to be an update sometime soon... I am waiting as I am no need to purchase anything soon!
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17-06-2007, 08:06 PM
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Thanks for all your advice.
It really isn't a major issue for me to hold off for a bit longer - so I think I might just see what pans out over the coming months.
In the meantime, there is great information in this site and other sites that will get me up to speed for when I proceed with the purchase.
Thanks again.
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19-06-2007, 06:59 AM
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19-06-2007, 07:37 AM
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but why waste time on a rumor- i've read posts here of people waiting for months and months and then they are 'still' disappointed regardless of what the big apple delivers.
If you need it to work- buy now. If your wanting it for 'playing around on' at home - does it really matter if it has a .3ghz cpu increase :/ ???? I suppose that if your wanting to sit and wait and hope and guess then well.... do that 
We seem obsessed as a society with what's 'best' and 'better' these days to the extent of ridiculous... we are no more than bloody barcodes these days.
At the end of the day its 'just' another bloody Mac with OSX
Buy one and enjoy it... you might die tomorrow
Last edited by ilostmypassword; 19-06-2007 at 07:47 AM.
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19-06-2007, 01:10 PM
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Originally Posted by sanjay
i'll be buying leopard etc, pending my G4 ibook is good enough to run it.
i think there is huge value in their software division, so im more than happy to invest in that. just not in their overpriced hardware.
im due for a computer upgrade, and if that mac matrix was widened to fit a prosumer mac tower, for a reasonable price...i would be there, absolutely. but this isnt the thread to discuss that. |
So from your principle, People all crazy to buy BMW/Benz/AUDI... Well, you pay for what you get in this world.... We all love macs, We all (I mean, me)happy to pay whatever price Apple charge me, as long as Apple make me happy) and will never touch PC shitty.
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19-06-2007, 01:14 PM
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Originally Posted by ilostmypassword
but why waste time on a rumor- i've read posts here of people waiting for months and months and then they are 'still' disappointed regardless of what the big apple delivers.
If you need it to work- buy now. If your wanting it for 'playing around on' at home - does it really matter if it has a .3ghz cpu increase :/ ???? I suppose that if your wanting to sit and wait and hope and guess then well.... do that
We seem obsessed as a society with what's 'best' and 'better' these days to the extent of ridiculous... we are no more than bloody barcodes these days.
At the end of the day its 'just' another bloody Mac with OSX
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Wasting time on unfounded speculation is one thing,. Waiting a few weeks based on a rumour is something different entirely.
I agree, if you need it now, you should buy it now. If, however, you don't have a pressing need and can hold out, then holding out to see if a well-founded report is accurate is not the worst thing in the world.
And I agree with the bottom line - there are more important things to worry about. But we all have our faults, don't we? |
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19-06-2007, 01:55 PM
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Originally Posted by OziMac
Wasting time on unfounded speculation is one thing,. Waiting a few weeks based on a rumour is something different entirely.
I agree, if you need it now, you should buy it now. If, however, you don't have a pressing need and can hold out, then holding out to see if a well-founded report is accurate is not the worst thing in the world.
And I agree with the bottom line - there are more important things to worry about. But we all have our faults, don't we? |
There is an echo in here :/
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