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Originally Posted by pdurrant
Therefore, installing retail Mac OS X on anything other than a Mac is using an upgrade version without having paid for the software in the first place.
Not illegal, but certainly not ethical.
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Actually, you can buy a full version of OS X Snow Leopard also (I think it is called the Mac boxed set or something). It is meant for people that are still on Tiger. The upgrade price for SL is only for people that already have Leopard.
Also, I don't think violating a license agreement is really "illegal". (Yes, I know the whole civil vs criminal nit.)
I know Apple want's people to buy Apple hardware which is why they don't let you run OS X on any old PC. I think it is a two edged sword for them. Of course, if you could buy a PC with OS x you won't be buying an Apple. Of course not allowing OS x to run on commodity hardware ensures that OS x will always be a 10% or less share of the computing inventory which means less OS X software.
I certainly don't claim Mac is the be all and end all. I too am a .Net developer by day. However, I bought a Mac to broaden my technical horizons so to speak and do appreciate quite a bit about the Mac and OS X.
'nuff said.
BOb