Comments on: Thanks be to Steve for locking us in http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/01/13/thanks-be-to-steve-for-locking-us-in/ ... at the intersection of media, technology, business and the web Sun, 20 Jul 2008 14:46:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Will Steve Jobs Let Mac OS Run on Intel Boxes http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/01/13/thanks-be-to-steve-for-locking-us-in/#comment-211171 Will Steve Jobs Let Mac OS Run on Intel Boxes Tue, 23 Jan 2007 17:33:00 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/01/13/thanks-be-to-steve-for-locking-us-in/#comment-211171 <!--%kramer-ref-pre%-->[...] An interesting development, tucked away in an article at Fortune magazine about the company behind the Parallels software program, which allows Mac users to run Windows in a virtual machine and switch back and forth (relatively) seamlessly. For all the hiccups and lag that some users have reported, it is still an amazing feat - and I would wager it is making MacIntel boxes more appealing for people who still need to use Windows. No rebooting, no emulation. Two OSes side by side. Now, it seems that the company that makes Parallels is working on an upgrade to the software that will let Windows users theoretically run Mac OS X side-by-side with Windows on their cheapo Dell boxes, which Dell would be happy to do. Heresy! The only problem with that, as the article and others are more than happy to point out, is that Steve Jobs likes that idea about as much as Bill Gates likes the idea of open-sourcing Windows code. According to Engadget, "VMware's own upcoming virtualization software for the Mac has been hamstrung by the trouble VMware has gone through trying to get Apple's blessing, and SWsoft's Parallels has been "crippled" in particular ways to make it more difficult to get Mac OS onto a non-Apple machine." But as the site points out, the pressure on Steve Jobs to set the Mac OS free is only likely to increase. It will likely happen thanks to hackers anyway, but will he eventually allow it? I for one hope that he does. Obviously, as more than one person has pointed out during the whole "iPhone/closed system" debate of a week or so ago, part of the Mac OS experience comes from the fact that software and hardware are all one harmonious whole, working flawlessly together, etc., etc. But why not let people who can't afford those gleaming white boxes get a taste of the Mac magic? Comments Add to Del.icio.us | Digg | Reddit | Furl Bookmark WebProNews: View All Articles by Mathew Ingram Receive Our Daily Email of Breaking eBusiness News About the Author: Mathew Ingram is a technology writer and blogger for the Globe and Mail, a national newspaper based in Toronto, and also writes about the Web and media at www.mathewingram.com/work and www.mathewingram.com/media. WebProNews RSS Feed More Blog Talk Articles Contact WebProNews [...]<!--%kramer-ref-post%--> [...] An interesting development, tucked away in an article at Fortune magazine about the company behind the Parallels software program, which allows Mac users to run Windows in a virtual machine and switch back and forth (relatively) seamlessly. For all the hiccups and lag that some users have reported, it is still an amazing feat - and I would wager it is making MacIntel boxes more appealing for people who still need to use Windows. No rebooting, no emulation. Two OSes side by side. Now, it seems that the company that makes Parallels is working on an upgrade to the software that will let Windows users theoretically run Mac OS X side-by-side with Windows on their cheapo Dell boxes, which Dell would be happy to do. Heresy! The only problem with that, as the article and others are more than happy to point out, is that Steve Jobs likes that idea about as much as Bill Gates likes the idea of open-sourcing Windows code. According to Engadget, “VMware’s own upcoming virtualization software for the Mac has been hamstrung by the trouble VMware has gone through trying to get Apple’s blessing, and SWsoft’s Parallels has been “crippled” in particular ways to make it more difficult to get Mac OS onto a non-Apple machine.” But as the site points out, the pressure on Steve Jobs to set the Mac OS free is only likely to increase. It will likely happen thanks to hackers anyway, but will he eventually allow it? I for one hope that he does. Obviously, as more than one person has pointed out during the whole “iPhone/closed system” debate of a week or so ago, part of the Mac OS experience comes from the fact that software and hardware are all one harmonious whole, working flawlessly together, etc., etc. But why not let people who can’t afford those gleaming white boxes get a taste of the Mac magic? Comments Add to Del.icio.us | Digg | Reddit | Furl Bookmark WebProNews: View All Articles by Mathew Ingram Receive Our Daily Email of Breaking eBusiness News About the Author: Mathew Ingram is a technology writer and blogger for the Globe and Mail, a national newspaper based in Toronto, and also writes about the Web and media at http://www.mathewingram.com/work and http://www.mathewingram.com/media. WebProNews RSS Feed More Blog Talk Articles Contact WebProNews [...]

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]]> By: IrishEyes: As a Multimedia Phone User http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/01/13/thanks-be-to-steve-for-locking-us-in/#comment-205022 IrishEyes: As a Multimedia Phone User Thu, 18 Jan 2007 23:16:34 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/01/13/thanks-be-to-steve-for-locking-us-in/#comment-205022 <!--%kramer-ref-pre%-->[...] My use case is not the slavish Apple user experience. I get less excited about packaging than I do with feel or reliability. I don't fawn over trendy tactile cases or icons that rotate and swoosh. When I buy a piece of consumer electronics, I want it to last at least three years. I have that with my current iPod, my Nokia 9500 and my SonyEricsson P910i. I'm no Apple cell phone convert until I see that kind of customer fulfillment across several markets. In the meantime, I'll just go back to being a tech troll who feeds at the bottom of mailing lists. Tim Moynihan -- "13 Reasons to doubt the iPhone Hype" Adrian Weckler -- "iPhone 1.0 -- Biggest Flop in Tech History?"Matthew Ingram -- "Thanks be to Steve for Locking Us In"The misunderstood Dave Winer has a point to make. So does Paolo Valdermarin.Randall Stross -- "Want an iPhone? Beware the iHandcuffs"David Pogue -- "Ultimate iPhone FAQs List" [...]<!--%kramer-ref-post%--> [...] My use case is not the slavish Apple user experience. I get less excited about packaging than I do with feel or reliability. I don’t fawn over trendy tactile cases or icons that rotate and swoosh. When I buy a piece of consumer electronics, I want it to last at least three years. I have that with my current iPod, my Nokia 9500 and my SonyEricsson P910i. I’m no Apple cell phone convert until I see that kind of customer fulfillment across several markets. In the meantime, I’ll just go back to being a tech troll who feeds at the bottom of mailing lists. Tim Moynihan — "13 Reasons to doubt the iPhone Hype" Adrian Weckler — "iPhone 1.0 — Biggest Flop in Tech History?"Matthew Ingram — "Thanks be to Steve for Locking Us In"The misunderstood Dave Winer has a point to make. So does Paolo Valdermarin.Randall Stross — "Want an iPhone? Beware the iHandcuffs"David Pogue — "Ultimate iPhone FAQs List" [...]

]]> By: SFGary http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/01/13/thanks-be-to-steve-for-locking-us-in/#comment-204685 SFGary Thu, 18 Jan 2007 19:14:48 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/01/13/thanks-be-to-steve-for-locking-us-in/#comment-204685 Wayne, I am not sure what the argument is about? I said that the new AT&T will try to become more monolithic and monopolistic if at all possible than when they were three different companies. So while I would have bought an iPhone if I was not forced to buy or extend a contract AND if the phone was unlocked. Whether an iPOD or an iPhone is a necessity is besides the point. The rotary phone comment was a joke: at the peril of trying to explain a joke, I meant that the execs running these companies are probably nostalgic of the old days of leased rotary phones and one phone company... Wayne, I am not sure what the argument is about? I said that the new AT&T will try to become more monolithic and monopolistic if at all possible than when they were three different companies. So while I would have bought an iPhone if I was not forced to buy or extend a contract AND if the phone was unlocked. Whether an iPOD or an iPhone is a necessity is besides the point. The rotary phone comment was a joke: at the peril of trying to explain a joke, I meant that the execs running these companies are probably nostalgic of the old days of leased rotary phones and one phone company…

]]> By: Wayne Whitfield http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/01/13/thanks-be-to-steve-for-locking-us-in/#comment-204329 Wayne Whitfield Wed, 17 Jan 2007 20:47:04 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/01/13/thanks-be-to-steve-for-locking-us-in/#comment-204329 WTF SFG You said you don't think AT&T will change anything and in the same breath that it wouldn't surprise you if they reverted to rotary. Well, Whitch is it ? Iknow the Cingular brand will die and being from Georgia I know there will be a lot of empty office space in Atlanta. Not that I give a damn about Atlanta or any other big city for that matter it really sucks for the whole state. As far as further changes,though they might not be obvious at first, you can bet your ass the consumer is going to take it where the sun don't shine. To me and people like me a locked device is something we call a work-a round. If your not up to it. Don't friggin' buy it. If it doesn't do what you want it to do right out of the box and you don't have a friend to convert it, don't buy it. Is an ipod or iphone a nessesity in your life. WTF SFG You said you don’t think AT&T will change anything and in the same breath that it wouldn’t surprise you if they reverted to rotary. Well, Whitch is it ? Iknow the Cingular
brand will die and being from Georgia I know there will be a lot of empty office space in Atlanta. Not that I give a damn about Atlanta or any other big city for that matter it really
sucks for the whole state. As far as further changes,though they might not be obvious at first, you can bet your ass the consumer is going to take it where the sun don’t shine.

To me and people like me a locked device is something we call a work-a round.
If your not up to it. Don’t friggin’ buy it. If it doesn’t do what you want it to do right out of the box and you don’t have a friend to convert it, don’t buy it.

Is an ipod or iphone a nessesity in your life.

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