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Maybe if you remove all third party fonts it'll work again. </sarcasm> Jokes out of the way - they did just release a new line of incredible and ground breakin
by alttab 17y ago
Maybe if you remove all third party fonts it'll work again.
</sarcasm>
Jokes out of the way - they did just release a new line of incredible and ground breaking iMacs, Macbooks, etc. All along with the news of their most profitable quarterly earnings, and the general disdain for Windows 7.
I wouldn't be surprised if the mind-flow went like this for consumers:
"Wow I want one of those new macs!"
"Damn those are expensive..."
"But I don't want a windows machine..."
"I'll get a netbook, and then hackintosh it, I'll save money, get the experience I want, AND save 15% or more on my car insurance!"
Apple could have seen something like this happening on a larger scale and simply "tweaked" the OS with the latest update to prevent mass pirating.
- naz 17y agoWhen would a consumer ever think of getting a Hackintosh?
- tvon 17y agoAfter reading a Wired article on how well it works?
- alttab 17y agoI think the confusion from my comment resulted from a working definition of "consumer". Have you payed for an apple product? Then you're a consumer. Let's not differientiate ourselves just because we write software. That said, that mind flow wouldn't be the TYPICAL one, it could result from people still wanting Osx on a cheaper machine and doing a google search for "mac netbook" or "osx netbook". Your typical "dumb" consumer may not know the difference, if that was the argument. Those searches could certainly turn up pages to hachintosh netbooks.
- randallsquared 17y agoWell, I would be very surprised if the mind-flow went like that. I think relatively few Apple customers even know what "hackintosh" means.