This is the new word for proprietary. All I want to do is experiment with their proprietary language and see what its all about. But you have to pay a 99 dollar fee, you have to have an Intel Mac with OS X, and you have to have their special IDE. Now if theres been as many prereqs for a piece of software before I want to know about it. For Gods sake, a 3000 dollar investment for even a simple experiment! You can experiment with C on any computer out there. Why most computers in the garbage can will open up DSL linux and a simple C compiler. But there aren't no Macs in a garbage can. In fact they PAY you not to throw it away. They want the parts back so they can re-use them in other mac products. So why would you shell out 2000 dollars on a Mac made out of the garbage of other macs? You have to be either rich or foolish to want to play with a Mac. I'd even be cool if it required a mac. I have an old G3 mac, but its PowerPC, not intel, and it can't run osx. Ugh! So you have to buy a new mac every new operating system anyway. G3s are only about 5 years old. New 2000 dollar computer every 5 years. That's why mac is so filthy rich! And their iPods that when the battery dies, you can't replace it. and their terrible treatment of good devs. sickening really.
(PS, just wanted to make a rant about it. Still bugs the heck outta me. Has for years)
(PS, just wanted to make a rant about it. Still bugs the heck outta me. Has for years)