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I have to call Apple's bluff on this one. There's simply no way the iPhone has OS X, not in the sense that it has the same OS my MacBook is running, anyway. I wouldn't be upset if Apple wasn't proudly proclaiming that it does in fact run the OS we all know and love; it's quite misleading. I don't think the iPhone has OS X, and here's why:
1. It needs at least a decent processor to run at any useful speed. If this thing broke 1 GHz, I'd be shocked. Even if it did, the battery life would be nonexistent.
2. It needs... at a BARE MINIMUM... 256 MB RAM to run properly. Even 512 is a stretch. I refuse to believe this device has 256 MB or more RAM, there's just no way.
3. Heat. If it runs OS X, it's gonna be more than a little hot (considering the size). Apple won't release a product that's dangerous to it's customers.
4. This article:http://www.tuaw.com/2007/01/09/iphone-will-not-allow-user-installable-applications/
5. Apple has engineers, not magicians.
I could go on and on, but the fact of the matter is that the iPhone can not possibly have OS X. I wouldn't mind, but if Steve Jobs promises such a thing, he should be able to deliver.
1. It needs at least a decent processor to run at any useful speed. If this thing broke 1 GHz, I'd be shocked. Even if it did, the battery life would be nonexistent.
2. It needs... at a BARE MINIMUM... 256 MB RAM to run properly. Even 512 is a stretch. I refuse to believe this device has 256 MB or more RAM, there's just no way.
3. Heat. If it runs OS X, it's gonna be more than a little hot (considering the size). Apple won't release a product that's dangerous to it's customers.
4. This article:http://www.tuaw.com/2007/01/09/iphone-will-not-allow-user-installable-applications/
5. Apple has engineers, not magicians.
I could go on and on, but the fact of the matter is that the iPhone can not possibly have OS X. I wouldn't mind, but if Steve Jobs promises such a thing, he should be able to deliver.