On Jun 7, 2005, at 7:50 AM, Fernando Ubiria wrote:
Hi,
I have two big concerns about the move.
1) Having a CPU that runs x86 code, it would be a lot easier to
write a multiplataform virus.
It should only check what kind of OS you are running and then
perform the appropiate attack.
It existed already such a virus many years ago, it attacked
different flavors of unix internet servers.
IMHO the intel-pseudoMacs wil be as secure (or insecure) as linux
running in a PC clone.
Which is to say as secure from Win viruses as macs. Viruses attack
the OS, not the CPU.
2) The last CPUs announced from intel will have built in hardware
for DRM.
Wich kind of limitations will we have to manipulate the different
kinds of data ?
Some CPU's can use this. I suspect this is how Apple will ensure that
OS X only runs on Apple hardware. as for the other uses, I suspect
people will scream bloody murder, or vote with their feet on DRM
issues. ITMS has shown that people will accept some level of DRM, so
long as it's not onerous.
It's not like they're waiting to rent you Microsoft word and hold
your data hostage.
Without doubt, OS X is a lot easier to use than linux.
But, is that enough to justify the premium price and the menace of
DRM ?
You're kidding, right? try "OS X is usable." Linux, as far as it's
come, is opnly marginally usable on the desktop, and certainly not
across the range of apps the Mac has. Yes you can word process do
spredhseets, email and web browse just as easily on the Linux
desktop, but combine photographs and stills of your kid's 6th
birthday party along with music into a movie that you burn to a DVD
for her grandparents to watch on a linux box.
Now do it like iPhoto, iMovie and iDVD let you do it, without
thinking about the computer at all...
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Bruce Johnson
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