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Originally Posted by Hellmark
It is not illegal to run Mac OS X on non Windows hardware. Let's get that straight right off. YOU WOULD NOT BREAK ANY LAWS. You're not having to break any DRM, or crack encryption, etc. The few tricks you have to do are perfectly legal. That is why Apple hasn't been able to shut down any of the websites aiding people in making Hackintoshes. The only thing you'd be doing is violating the EULA, which IS NOT ILLEGAL.
As long as you pay for a copy of OS X, you're not breaking the law. End of story. What is so hard to understand about this?
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It's not criminal, to be sure. Chances are that they would be on very shaky grounds when it comes to discussing hackintoshes, which is why they cannot shut down sites that don't promote piracy. The question is: do they have the right to sue? That depends upon the legality of particular clauses in the EULA.
I would suggest that the lack of lawsuits does not make the clauses legally enforceable or non-enforcable. They simply have not been tested. Maybe they haven't been tested because Apple doesn't want to test them, but that doesn't automatically make it legal to violate the EULA.
(For what it's worth, I don't think that manufacturers/developers should have the right to dictate the use of consumer goods. On the other hand, the law and I don't always agree.)