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That's correct. When pirating commercial software, people typically do one of two things to be able to use th software illicitly: 1. Find a valid serial number 2. "Crack" the software, which allows them to use the software as if it were validly licensed, but without having to input a serial...

:) That's what I meant -- Classic support is included all the way up to Leopard, but OS 9 itself is not included with any version of OS X... meaning you had to supply your own OS 9 CD, or you already had to have OS 9 installed on your hard drive. You can't get the Classic environment with a...

You need an OS 9 install CD to install and use the Classic environment. The Classic environment never shipped with any OS X install CD or DVD. It's not an optional install that's included with OS X, it's a technology to allow those with a need for Classic applications to run them in OS X...

Close enough, dontcha think? Nobody's perfect... :)

We've been getting along just fine for 10+ years now without discussing piracy, "cracks" for software, where to obtain commercial software for free, and openly admitting to using commercial software for free. To think that this forum would suddenly have no purpose without your contributions on...

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By you logic, Leo: Porsche, BMW, Mercedes, Jaguar, GE, Maytag, Frigidaire, Gap, Ralph Lauren, Ruth's Chris, McDonald's, Burger King, Hershey's, and every other company known to man is effing us over because they all offer products at price points higher than what other companies offer...

Nobody on the face of the earth has been “{bleeped} over" by Apple's pricing. Computers and software are luxuries that people buy when they've saved up enough money and can afford it. If you can't afford a computer and software, you don't get a computer and software. You go down to the...

Are you saying that the board rules are moot, the law is bunk, that we're obligated to help you pirate software because you think a whole bunch of other people do it, and that the ease in which you can pirate software somehow justifies not going through legal channels to acquire it? People who...

Thanks for supporting Apple with your hard-earned dollars.

You're asking us to help you pirate software. That is illegal and in violation of the board rules. Just because a piece of software has been discontinued does NOT mean that it automatically becomes "free" to pirate, or that it becomes any more acceptable to do so. Plenty of places on the...

Was this a retail version bought, in a box, from the Apple Store? Or was this something advertised as "full, retail version" that you got from somewhere like eBay? In other words, what color is the disk? If it's gray-colored, then it's a system-specific disk and will only work with the Mac...

Apple is a business, not a charity. At the end of the day, they need to turn a profit. Explain to me how Apple is going to make any money by never selling another version of OS X to anyone and allowing people to remain 100% productive with 20-year-old computers. Why do we improve our cars...

If you think Intel processors run hot, then you have never been within 20 feet of a PowerPC G5 processor. There's a reason there was never a portable computer built around the G5, and that reason had nothing to do with politics. I like the old adage, "You get what you pay for." I can (and do)...

Who says nothing is perfect? Everyone says nothing is perfect. Unless your application simply prints the number "1" to standard out then exits gracefully, your program is likely imperfect and contains security holes (no matter how big or small, glaring or obfuscated). I have to disagree with...

I agree. But you must realize that the number of PowerPC users is dwindling faster than the number of Windows XP users. Leopard will be dead long before XP is dead. This is the reason XP is still a very viable market for malware and virus creators, and Leopard is not as much.

For the same reason that Linux updates Firefox, and the same reason that Windows updates the .NET framework, and the same reason that php releases updates. Nothing is perfect. There will always be improvements being made, you know. Even your Linux distribution, which you quote as being almost...

Run anti-virus on your Mac, or don't... it doesn't matter to us. Your use of anti-virus, don't be fooled, does NOT significantly reduce your risk of your Mac getting infected. It's like putting 6 deadbolt locks on your front door when you only need 2. Sure, you can call it "more safe" all...

Saying this doesn't make it true. "UNIX-like" and "UNIX-based" are two completely different things no matter how similar you think they are. "UNIX-like" means that it looks and feels like UNIX (Linux, for example). "UNIX-based" means that it conforms to and adheres to the UNIX operating...

Apple releases security updates that include: 1) Updates to security issues in Apple-branded software (Final Cut Pro, iPhoto, iTunes, Quicktime, etc.) that are non-UNIX related for the most part. 2) Newer updates to UNIX libraries and run-times that are released by the UNIX community UNIX...