According to Apple software license agreements, yes, it is too much to ask. You can not legally run Mac OS on non-Apple hardware.
But don't be sad, their new Mac Pro is fantastic.
But don't be sad, their new Mac Pro is fantastic.
Not exactly ideal for hobbyists.
most apple enthusiasts think that the price is spot on and in no way overblown. (i do not have an opinion on the matter as i neither own nor use apple devices)
i dont think you can convey any point about apple in a sarcastic manner while omitting a /s tag. there are always people honestly believing the point you're stating sarcastically.
this applies to both negative and positive statements
I Need to buy a new MacBookPro and even though I can reclaim the VAT (sales tax) and it'll come out of corporate accounts the price makes me wince
Oh and I'd like one without a touch bar but screwed on that front unless I go high end MacBook Air
iPhone SE at £400 is pretty reasonably priced though and will be my next phone
Tone of voice (and tone of face) are both essential to convey sarcasm over rich channels, and both are lost over text.
Now add Poe's Law.
In short: Welcome to the wonderful world of autism! /s
I've never spent more than £600 on a computer and never felt like I need to spend 10x that for any of my software development
Unlike Microsoft, Apple has no motives to send the BSA after anyone. Pretty sure they've only used them for egregious copyright violations like the commercial Hackintoshes.
... until your virtualization layer starts having a material impact on their precious hardware sales.
You cannot build business-critical systems on contractual clauses being "unofficially unenforced".
Pretty sure these terms are not enforceable in Europe so safe to ignore.
Chromium is competing with Samsung internet and others on Android, because several companies sell Android. So it's not fine for Google to force the choice.
Apple is not competing with anyone else on iOS, you don't have a choice. As long as iOS does not have a monopoly in smartphones, they're in the clear.
I'm certainly no friend of Google and I'm not losing sleep over them getting fined. But it seems that Apple is just as much if not more anti competitive and anti consumer, but they get a pass because of what feels like a loophole.
At the same time, it makes kinda sense. No company with a product has to allow competition in. GM doesn't have to allow BMW motors in their cars.
When you join a market with a product, like Apple, then you don't have to allow competition in your product. When you create a market like Google did Android, then you to allow competition in that market.
I think that's the key difference, product vs market.
I take it you'd have no objection to Google forking the Linux kernel for Android and refusing all requests for the source code.
Of course the problem are the SDK that you need to use to build most software, they are obviously proprietary, but does its license say that they can only be used to compile software on a real Mac?
I've no affiliation with them, but can recommend them. Never had any technical issues, and the one billing issue we had was sorted out quickly by their support people.