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by kijuhygfhjk 5926 days ago
No - because they are expensive. It's like claiming that Mercedes is destroying the hot-rod industry because kids can't get the engine management codes.

Macs were never for hackers now iApple isn't - so what?

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Macs were never for hackers

Sure they are. Macs are full Unix workstations that can also run Office and Photoshop, with a much better UI than Linux. The meme that Apple's computers are deliberately unfriendly to hackers has never been true, until the iPhone and iPad.

Wait a second, a challenge, an obstacle, an opponent.

This is not being unfriendly to hackers.

This is like one of those cat toys with the wand and the feather at the end to a rambunctious kitten. In some respects it's the most hacker friendly device out there right now because of the bragging rights it creates.

A lot of hackers love their Macs.
Macs were never for hackers

ooo... them's fightin' words :)

Non-standard hardware, that's all there is to say. I don't know anyone who upgrades, repairs or hacks macs. Any hackers I know that use macs don't really care about the unique mac features, usually they just want an oem *nix machine with approved hardware. This is a decent option for a second computer, or portable, when price isn't that much of a concern.