Leopard Server hardware requirements?

[Nat!]

Am 05.10.2007 um 01:56 schrieb John C. Welch:

> On 10/04/2007 18:12 PM, "Nat!" <nat at mulle-kybernetik.com> wrote:
>
>> P.S. I know, you aren't reading my mails very carefully.
>> Nevertheless, maybe check how I use the expression "arbitrary
>> hardware requirement" from the beginning and ponder how it differs
>> from just "hardware requirements".
>
> Ah, arbitrary. Because of course, you get to define "arbitrary"  
> however you
> like, which, from what we can all see, is "anything that  
> inconveniences
> Nat". Of course, were apple to, just as arbitrarily mind you, set up
> hardware restrictions that did NOT inconvenience you, you would of  
> course,
> have no problems with that.
>
I'd have no problems, if they made technical sense, but their main  
purpose is obviously to force people to buy newer hardware.

> This has nothing whatsoever to do with Apple being arbitrary, and  
> everything
> to do with the potential of YOU being inconvenienced. The sweet, sweet
> hypocrisy of your argument and positions is like nectar to me.
>

So when I read the tech specifications for Leopard (http:// 
www.apple.com/macosx/techspecs/) it's indeed "Mac computer with an  
Intel, PowerPC G5, or PowerPC G4 (867MHz or faster) processor". Now  
of course Leopard can't technically run on a machine with say 800 Mhz  
and surely this isn't arbitrary and yeah, whatever...

We'll see, if this is helpfully enforced by the installer (like ...  
Firewire on Tiger).
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