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Microsoft group manager: Windows 7 borrowing 'Mac look and feel' (updated: Microsoft responds) {Engadget}
Nov 11th 2009 5:01PM I use Windows 7, I love it. I prefer to use it for varying reasons, none of which include insulting Apple or OSX.
Gee, that wasn't difficult at all.
Limited edition 'Modern Warfare 2' Xbox 360 unboxing {Engadget}
Nov 11th 2009 2:33PM Clearly we know what 'joint' task force many gamers will be a part of those long multiplayer nights...
Hey, Google: failing to spellcheck Android 2.0 can have 'undesireable consequences' {Engadget}
Nov 10th 2009 10:13PM he meant frasier crane.
Hey, Google: failing to spellcheck Android 2.0 can have 'undesireable consequences' {Engadget}
Nov 10th 2009 10:11PM way to engadge the reader
Matrox pushes eight displays with a single-slot PCIe x16 GPU {Engadget}
Nov 10th 2009 7:19PM If you try, I'll just camp behind one of the bezels.
Mac OS X 10.6.2 update out on the prowl (update: Atom support is gone) {Engadget}
Nov 10th 2009 4:33AM Actually no, I take it back. MS doesn't stand to lose anything assuming what's being installed on Mac hardware has been bought legit.
Hell, when it comes right down to it, I just want to see OSX installed on as many different machines as possible. It would speak volumes for its stability, and as Apple marketshare continues to grow, will do nothing but bolster their image.
Mac OS X 10.6.2 update out on the prowl (update: Atom support is gone) {Engadget}
Nov 10th 2009 4:25AM The next logical step is for Microsoft to ban installation on Macs via Bootcamp, etc. right?
...but then we'd just be having this discussion in reverse.
Mac OS X 10.6.2 update out on the prowl (update: Atom support is gone) {Engadget}
Nov 9th 2009 8:32PM If they're a hardware company that sells hardware - something which comes with their operating system, why should they be concerned with someone running OSX on a device they have nothing to do with? It's a triumph that it was even possible to install and run OSX on Atom-based Netbooks to begin with.
Apple sells hardware and are a hardware company, right? You buy the hardware, you get the operating system. Taking a purposeful step toward banning OSX from an entire segment of devices totally unrelated to this cycle does not make people want to run out and spend thousands on a Mac just to continue having that experience.
So the people who were set on getting a Mac, will still do so, and like I said, those of us who wanted to try their operating system first(since all these Windows-bashing commercials they air make people at least a bit curious, dont'cha think?), are now largely put off by this. In a world where Google is OpenJustAboutEverything, from a PR standpoint this looks an Apple temper tantrum. Bad move.
Mac OS X 10.6.2 update out on the prowl (update: Atom support is gone) {Engadget}
Nov 9th 2009 7:13PM Me too. While the argument 'it's their product, made to run only on their hardware, what were you expecting?' holds up to some extent, when you look at the bigger picture, and the overwhelming push for open computing.. this just looks bad. Apple is taking their ball and going home.
I was intrigued by being able to try out OSX under my own terms before making the expensive jump into their hardware market, but now they are leaving me with no choice in the matter and sending the message that they don't want to tarnish the perception of the OSX user experience by having it run on third party devices.
Microsoft's been embracing a multitude of hardware for Windows for years and of course have taken flack for being unsecure and unstable etc. - Now Apple is vehemently trying to avoid garnering a distinction like that were something unexpected to take place on Hackintoshes, while Win7 is basically super-stable on every computer it's installed on.
Looks like the shoe is slowly slipping onto the other foot.
Engadget logo now a thrilla in Manila {Engadget}
Nov 9th 2009 5:42AM open: shut.
