At 2:31 AM +0100 8/29/2008, Simon Royal wrote: >While tieing Apple OS to Apple hardware can seem a pain, it does >mean they oversea all hardware combinations.
So what? Provide a list: OS X supports X, Y, and Z, period. Be explicit - if you put unsupported hardware into the mix, then you don't get free support from Apple. Done. Problem solved. >If they start shipping OSX for PC then it will end like Windows and >require third party drivers that conflict and need updating. The conflict BS is due to MS' design. OS X does not have that problem. Apple could create a certification program, just like Intel and MS have. The vendor pays to have the company certify their product and driver. It would help, of course, if Apple did it intelligently and up to their normal high standards so we DONT get innundated with garbage. >In the years I have had Macs I have only needed third party drivers >for a couple of items. Then, I'm sorry, you just haven't done much wrt hardware. Heck, during my entire time with the classic Mac OS, I *never* had a Mac that used just Apple's hard disk driver. I always had hard drives that Apple didn't support, so I used products like HDTK -- which, btw, was *faster* and *more stable* than Apple's driver. And hard drives were just the beginning. >I like sitting in front of my beautifully designed computer adorned >with Apple logos. So stay there. Noone is forcing you to go 3rd party. >Don't get me wrong the OS is what makes us Mac users, but I don't >think I would feel quite the same sitting in from of a Dell with OSX >installed. Nothing some krylon and a few stickers can't fix. :) - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
