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The 06 February 2008 build (4866) is out.

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MortenMacFly:

--- Quote from: afb on February 08, 2008, 10:56:28 am ---It's not that it would be impossible, just that Apple does not want you to switch hardware.

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Huh? I thought Apple managed to create a X86 compatible version of the OS. Does that mean although it could run on a native X86 hardware (VM) then it's forbidden by the MAC-OS EULA when I buy the MAC-OS software? So why do they sell it then as standalone product?


--- Quote from: afb on February 08, 2008, 10:56:28 am ---But I suppose you could get someone with a Mac to let you borrow it - over VNC or so ?

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I don't know people with a MAC unfortunately. And those I meet that have one won't allow me VNC on it... for sure. ;-)


--- Quote from: afb on February 08, 2008, 10:56:28 am ---Or ask the guy in the Apple Store for a demonstration of the url "www.codeblocks.org" ;-)

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LOL - that would be an option, indeed.

Ps.: We are getting quite off-topic... sorry.

wobien:

--- Quote from: indigo0086(in 5 Februari build(4861) on February 07, 2008, 03:58:26 pm ---The parser used to never parse on my startup but now it seems to. 

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I didn't download the 4861 build, but in the 4866 build I still have to do "Re-parse now" to get the symbols in my Default workspace parsed after startup. (Windows XP)

afb:

--- Quote from: MortenMacFly on February 08, 2008, 01:57:35 pm ---I thought Apple managed to create a X86 compatible version of the OS.
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They did, yes. Unofficially in 2001 and officially since 2005... (Mac OS X version 10.4.4)


--- Quote ---Does that mean although it could run on a native X86 hardware (VM) then it's forbidden by the MAC-OS EULA when I buy the MAC-OS software?
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Yup.


--- Quote ---So why do they sell it then as standalone product?
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So that people who bought a Mac with a previous OS version pre-installed can upgrade ?

thomas:
Is it just me, or is Apple even more abusive than Microsoft? You'd think they'd be happy if anyone buys their crap at all, but apparently not.

Auria:
Well one point for Apple not supporting install of OS X on all computers is one of driver issues - everyone makes windows drivers so windows does run everywhere, and linux can afford to be a bit more buggy at drivers (or harder to setup) since it's usually free and community-maintained, but not everyone makes mac drivers and Apple can't write them all by themselves. And they couldn't advertise mac OS X installs on the average PC without drivers, cause users would try it, it wouldn't work, OS X would get a bad reputation, etc. that's how they achieve the rock stability that makes OS X users love it

HOWEVER, I think *forbidding* it is totally abusive. They could just have marked it unsupported (and of course it's more money for them this way)

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