From: "Geo" 

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Oh I don't know about that. Forcing users to throw away the OS license =
with the hardware seems pretty draconian to me. What's the point to =
backwards compatibility if you have to buy all new software every time =
you upgrade?

Geo.
  "Rich"  wrote in message news:43c5c6ca{at}w3.nls.net...
     Apple and Microsoft are different.  Microsoft is a software =
company.  Apple is a hardware company.  If apple felt that people wanted =
macos but were not buying apple hardware because they could run macos on =
cheaper dell or even cheaper whitebox systems they would do something =
about it.  There should be no doubt as apple already stated that they =
would take steps to prevent macos from running on non-apple hardware.  =
Microsoft does nothing so draconian.

  Rich

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Oh I don't know about that. Forcing =
users to throw=20
away the OS license with the hardware seems pretty draconian to me. = What's the=20
point to backwards compatibility if you have to buy all new software = every time=20
you upgrade?
 
Geo.

  "Rich" <{at}> wrote in message news:43c5c6ca{at}w3.nls.net...
     Apple
and Microsoft are=20
  different.  Microsoft is a software company.  Apple is a =
hardware=20
  company.  If apple felt that people wanted macos but were not =
buying=20
  apple hardware because they could run macos on cheaper dell or even =
cheaper=20
  whitebox systems they would do something about it.  There should =
be no=20
  doubt as apple already stated that they would take steps to prevent =
macos from=20
  running on non-apple hardware.  Microsoft does nothing so=20
  draconian.
   
  Rich
   

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