Comments on: Parallels Kowtow-ing to Apple http://theappleblog.com/2007/02/12/parallels-kowtow-ing-to-apple/ TheAppleBlog, published by and for the day-to-day Apple user, is a prominent source for news, reviews, walkthroughs, and real life application of all Apple products. Thu, 08 Jan 2009 07:42:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Wilson http://theappleblog.com/2007/02/12/parallels-kowtow-ing-to-apple/#comment-101841 Wilson Tue, 13 Feb 2007 15:14:53 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2007/02/12/parallels-kowtow-ing-to-apple/#comment-101841 When you buy a OS X retail package you are buying a license to use it, and you agree to use it on Apple computers, if you don't do this...well they (Apple) can terminate your license and even sue you. Parallels don't do this (OS X virtualization for Wintel machines) because they know they can be sued, the same happened to connectix when they relesead a Playstation virtual machine for Mac OS years ago. Apple doesn't want anybody running OS X on wintel boxes.They're protecting what they have payed for. When you buy a OS X retail package you are buying a license to use it, and you agree to use it on Apple computers, if you don’t do this…well they (Apple) can terminate your license and even sue you. Parallels don’t do this (OS X virtualization for Wintel machines) because they know they can be sued, the same happened to connectix when they relesead a Playstation virtual machine for Mac OS years ago. Apple doesn’t want anybody running OS X on wintel boxes.They’re protecting what they have payed for.

]]> By: Russell Smith http://theappleblog.com/2007/02/12/parallels-kowtow-ing-to-apple/#comment-101831 Russell Smith Tue, 13 Feb 2007 09:32:40 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2007/02/12/parallels-kowtow-ing-to-apple/#comment-101831 Here's one good reason why Parallels don't let you do this: 'A. This License allows you to install and use one copy of the Apple Software on a single Apple-labeled computer at a time.' A virtual machine produced by Parallels isn't an 'Apple-labeled' computer, it may be running on one, but the virtual machine isn't. Also you need to buy a second copy to run on the virtual machine, which I'm sure most users would forget to do. Since Apple don't have any way of tracking licence use, apart from it not functioning on non-Apple hardware, ensuring that they aren't being ripped-off by a large number of users isn't possible. Here’s one good reason why Parallels don’t let you do this:
‘A. This License allows you to install and use one copy of the Apple Software on a single Apple-labeled computer at a time.’

A virtual machine produced by Parallels isn’t an ‘Apple-labeled’ computer, it may be running on one, but the virtual machine isn’t.

Also you need to buy a second copy to run on the virtual machine, which I’m sure most users would forget to do. Since Apple don’t have any way of tracking licence use, apart from it not functioning on non-Apple hardware, ensuring that they aren’t being ripped-off by a large number of users isn’t possible.

]]> By: Allen G. http://theappleblog.com/2007/02/12/parallels-kowtow-ing-to-apple/#comment-101809 Allen G. Tue, 13 Feb 2007 01:23:27 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2007/02/12/parallels-kowtow-ing-to-apple/#comment-101809 Here's a thought that would be really cool: what if Leopard can be installed on PCs. That would certainly explain why Apple is telling Parallels to hold off. Can you imagine an OS X install DVD that would run on ANY platform? BRILLIANT! Here’s a thought that would be really cool: what if Leopard can be installed on PCs. That would certainly explain why Apple is telling Parallels to hold off. Can you imagine an OS X install DVD that would run on ANY platform? BRILLIANT!

]]> By: Kyle Korleski http://theappleblog.com/2007/02/12/parallels-kowtow-ing-to-apple/#comment-101794 Kyle Korleski Mon, 12 Feb 2007 21:56:54 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2007/02/12/parallels-kowtow-ing-to-apple/#comment-101794 I think OS 9 virtualization will come back to OS X Intel Macs really soon. I think OS 9 virtualization will come back to OS X Intel Macs really soon.

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