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Free as in free beer, not as in free speech.
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I feel the need to point out that you can run Mac OS X on pretty much any recent Intel processor and a wide range of motherboards. It is not locked to Apple hardware.
Have you seen the docs for what it takes to get that running? Have you seen the docs for what it takes to complete a normal "update"? Trying to run OS X on non-Apple hardware makes the old days of "cumbersome" Linux-systems look like kindergarten-stuff. I'd hardly say it just runs.
So where can I go to download an ISO? I'd like to burn a bootable DVD, and load it up as a non-networked offline install. Is such a thing even possible?
There are a few tools that will do this for you, basically copying the hidden restore partition onto a USB stick. Bootable DVD though? Really?
> Bootable DVD though? Really?
For some heavy-duty discussion on the withertos and wherefores, take a quick gander at a recent thread, over here:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6532642
Remember that part where GCHQ stormed the offices of The Guardian, and took an angle grinder to one of their laptops?
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/20/nsa-snowden-fil...
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Since you're being credulous, I'll bite: Just because it's "free" and you can update systems that are on Snow Leopard, doesn't mean it'll update all systems on Snow Leopard. For those paying attention, Apple killed off quite a bit of hardware with 10.8. Those certainly aren't upgradable to Mavericks.
To call that planned obsolescence is completely ridiculous.
For any cocoa/obj-c dev that's dealt with constant deprecated API's on Mac, they know exactly what I'm talking about.
Right. Apple event today. What on earth compelled Nokia to launch their new Windows-tablet on the same day?
they knew it's crap and wanted to bury it?
I can't imagine buying over an iPad, but I could see where it might appeal to more MS oriented folks.
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Microsoft sells software, Apple sells hardware with matching software. But make no mistake, they are a hardware company - OSX won't even run without a chip confirming its an authentic Mac. The idea that they would charge for these smaller OSX updates is bizarre, and the price point has been in the "we need this for accounting" range in the past.
> OSX won't even run without a chip confirming its an authentic Mac. You mean EFI? Because Macs don't have any special hardware inside, and especially not any "authentic Mac" chips.
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> OSX won't even run without a chip confirming its an authentic Mac. You mean EFI? Because Macs don't have any special hardware inside, and especially not any "authentic Mac" chips.
They have at least one special chip that must be emulated - the smc. If you havent read the story of the copy protection poem you should check it out.
A boot to the face of Microsoft.
Windows 8.1 upgrade is free. How is this any different?
In terms of period that's equivalent to giving 8.1 free to all W7 users (both SL and W7 were released mid-2009)
So where can I go to download an ISO? I'd like to burn a bootable DVD, and load it up as a non-networked offline install. Is such a thing even possible?
Lion DiskMaker has a beta for creating a Mavericks GM disk. It should be updated soon to support the release. You just download the installer from the App Store and run Lion DiskMaker. http://liondiskmaker.com/
sudo /Applications/Install\ OS\ X\ Mavericks.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia –volume /Volumes/WHATEVER_DISK –applicationpath /Applications/Install\ OS\ X\ Mavericks.app –nointeraction