Linked by Anton Klotz on Fri 25th Jan 2008 13:14 UTC
This article is about new aspects of the never-ending story of how Apple is protecting MacOS X for running on different hardware than Apple's. The keyword is virtualization, which allows running unmodified version of Mac OS X as virtualized instance.
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RE: So far Apple is behaving just fine
by elsewhere on Sat 26th Jan 2008 04:21
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Member since:2005-07-13
By that i mean turning a blind eye to all of us running Hackintoshes.
I just love running both OS X Tiger and OS X Leopard on my 2 yr old
AMD64 tower that i built for $800. It doesn't get any better than this.
I just love running both OS X Tiger and OS X Leopard on my 2 yr old
AMD64 tower that i built for $800. It doesn't get any better than this.
And out of curiosity, did you pay for either of those versions by purchasing an Apple PC bundled with OSX? No? Then thank you for helping to reinforce the perception that people feel entitled to software without paying for it.
Your actions help support the agenda of proprietary software companies looking for stronger legally enforced software restriction, while simultaneously undermining the efforts of the OSS community to convince ISV's that users of alternative software aren't just a cliched group of whiners that simply want software for free.
Good job, and thanks for coming out.
RE[2]: So far Apple is behaving just fine
by Criceto on Sat 26th Jan 2008 07:51
in reply to "RE: So far Apple is behaving just fine"
Member since:2006-04-20
That's fine. When time will come to change computer (if he has the money) he'll buy a real Mac.
Hackintosh is a very good propaganda for Apple. It let passionate and technical people to "try" OS-X, and once they try it they can't go back. Because OS X is FUN to use! With other OSes you have to fight against them.
And since those are the people relatives and friends call when they need a new computer... it will be natural for them to suggest to buy a REAL Mac (hackitoshes are too complex to install and maintain by 'normal' people).
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2007-08-05
By that i mean turning a blind eye to all of us running Hackintoshes.
I just love running both OS X Tiger and OS X Leopard on my 2 yr old
AMD64 tower that i built for $800. It doesn't get any better than this.
I'm posting from Tiger now and it is 100% fully working OS X.
I have ILife, Toast 8 Titanium,Visual Hub,Transmission and many
other programs installed and they work perfectly.
I have linux installed on this computer also, but i use OS X 90% of
the time. It is an addictive operating system, Windows isn't even
on my radar screen.
Cheers!