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Apple Computer Inc. has adapted it’s OS X operating system to run on it’s new Intel-based computers. Great idea? Hackers think so.

Finally a new frontier for the would be hacker to explore. Apple knew that once it started running Intel - based CPU’s in it’s computers that the bad guys would come a knocking and they are. In anticipation of this Apple has embedded a warning in their code in the form of a poem which kindly tells the hackers to “back off.” You can read the full story here. Do you think Apple should develop and license OS X to run on other Intel - based hardware platforms? We can think of several reasons why they should. Let us know what you think.

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