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Psystar, the Miami-based PC manufacturer that’s still in a protracted legal battle with Apple over selling PCs that come pre-installed with Mac OS X, has begun offering Rebel EFI – software that lets any generic PC run Mac OS X. It costs $90, though Psystar is selling it for $50.
This is a case where history is coming back to bite Microsoft. In a recent survey done by ScriptLogic, 60 percent of respondents say they will skip Microsoft’s latest operating system when it’s released later this year.
Microsoft released pricing yesterday for “Vista Fixed Edition,” otherwise known as Windows 7.
I don’t know what they were thinking, but Microsoft on Thursday announced pricing for the upcoming version of “Vista Fixed Edition,” also known as Windows 7.
I wrote a story at CNET earlier today asking the question: Who offers the best upgrade, Apple or Windows?
The basis of the argument is this. Both companies are upgrading an existing operating system and both claim better performance with their upgrades.
Apple has made no bones about the fact that Snow Leopard is a maintenance [...]