I agree. This is why I've decided to go the Apple rout, because at least they care enough to give us a full-featured screen reader, very good TTS, and more stability than Windows ever had. I also love their email service, and everything else they provide. The only thing I miss from windows is MushZ, but gosh maybe Draconis can make an accessible MUD client. Devin Prater [email protected]
On Jan 21, 2013, at 6:14 AM, Draconis Entertainment <[email protected]> wrote: > Adding to what Tom says here, > > Apple's business model is much different from Microsoft's. While you are > restricted to running OS X on Mac hardware, one of the reasons is because > Apple virtually gives away its OS. In a way, it is their own form of > registration. If you have Apple hardware, that gives you the license to run > the OS. OS X usually costs about $20, making it far more affordable than > something like Windows, and the vast majority of users will stay current. > > There is, of course, the added benefit that, like game consoles, many mobile > devices, etc, by limiting the variations of hardware that the software may be > run on to a finite number, you can greatly improve stability. This is why Mac > OS X is so much more stable than just about anything else comparable out > there. (Microsoft is starting to take this approach with Windows Phone. It > limits the variations of hardware permitted by companies licensing the OS in > an attempt to improve consistency and stability.) > > LIke most things in life, there are trade offs. I happen to prefer the trade > offs Apple has chosen to make over those of other platforms. And while OS X > itself is restricted in its use, the Darwin base upon which it is built is > open sourced. Apple has done an exemplary job of finding a balance between > commercial and open source. > > On Jan 21, 2013, at 4:38 AM, Thomas Ward <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi Shaun, >> >> Well, here is the rub with that approach. >> >> One, it is not legal to run Mac OS on none Apple hardware. that is to >> say if a person installs Mac OS on an HP, Gateway, Del, whatever that >> is a violation of the end user license agreement so isn't legal. >> Assuming a person gets it running at all. >> >> Two, Mac OS needs a genuine Intel processor. If a person like me is >> running an AMD64 processor Mac OS won't run on the PC because it is >> not a genuine Intel processor.. Its an AMD processor. So right there >> anyone running AMD based PCs is screwed. >> >> So while it is possible to get Mac OS up and running on a PC through a >> virtual machine or running natively on the hardware its not that >> simple and straight forward. Even if someone successfully overcomes >> the hardware issues its not strictly legal since Apple has one of the >> most restrictive end user license agreements around regarding how >> their software is distributed and used on non-Apple approved hardware. >> As a developer I couldn't legally use that approach myself. > > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://mail.audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, > please send E-mail to [email protected]. --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://mail.audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [email protected].
