Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Fri 13th Jan 2006 17:53 UTC
The very first Apple computers, distributed nationwide in 1977, had a hood you could pry off to reveal the CPU, the memory, and the motherboard. But almost three decades later, the company that pioneered "open architecture" with the Apple II, even with thousands of admirers looking on, was reluctant to pry the back panel off its new Intel Core Duo-based iMacs and MacBook Pro portables.
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2005-10-12
Actually the EULA stipulates that you can only run it on Apple hardware...
Not valid, in the EU at least. Conditions in Eulas can be valid, =df courts will uphold them, but this one will not be. It is just the same as running Office under Wine, the MS Eula will not stop that either. Nor would a book Eula which forbad you from reading it in the bath stop you from doing that. Or a CD Eula which forbad you from playing it in (eg) Panasonic walkmans.
People who say the opposite don't understand EU competition law, or EU consumer protection law, or both.
Manufacturer support/warranty under the proposed use is a different matter.