OS X Weekly

2007-12-26 | Filed Under Software, Mac |

I have been reading OS Weekly for a while, but today I read an article so ridiculous there they might as well rename it to OS X Weekly. The author (Brandon Watts) makes the claim that Leopard is better than Vista because it has no activation. It seems that he was under the illusion that Apple is producing and selling and operating system. What the author never realized is that OS X is a firmware for Apple hardware, and they don’t care on how many Macs you install it, as long as you pay them for the hardware.

Here is one ridiculous quote:

“Is the point here that people with multiple Macs in their home should buy the single-user copy of Leopard and install it on every Mac in sight? Obviously not. Apple has trusted us to use the OS as they have intended, and to be quite honest, that is flattering.”

Flattering only if one does not realize that Apple cares about selling the hardware, and you can’t install the Leopard firmware on any other hardware.

Claiming that OS X is better than any real OS because it is easier and free to install is like claiming that the “OS” on a Nokia mobile phone is the best, since it is free, easy and stable.

I know that Apple currently is offering the best package (hardware + software) and the stability and ease of use of their firmware is mostly because it sits on a fixed hardware (hence the mobile phone analogy). But one must be really narrow-minded to not be able to see that it is not the firmware (so called OS) that is on its own making it great. It is the fact that it all comes from one vendor. If Apple ever attempt to make an OS that you can install on any hardware, it will definitely not be better (I am personally sure it will be much worse).

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