[OT] EULA and legality

[Roger Eller]

Most users who are capable of doing it wouldn't even want Apple support.
 Currently, it is supported by like-minded geeks who just love to tinker.
It's a community much like the Linux crowd.  There have even been Ethernet
drivers ported from Linux to help out systems that were "almost" fully
compatible.  Again, there are recipes for systems to "just work", primarily
just following Apples lead.

~Roger


On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 12:07 AM, J. Landman Gay wrote:

> On 9/9/12 11:01 PM, Roger Eller wrote:
>
>> Why can't a G5 owner take out the motherboard and
>> install an i7 on an intel-based motherboard and then install OS X?  The
>> machine would still be Apple-branded, still able to connect to iTunes,
>> still can purchase media and books, etc. But nooooooo!  You have to buy an
>> entirely new system just to buy stuff.
>>
>
> Same thing; it would introduce support issues that Apple doesn't want to
> deal with.
>
> I notice that Apple isn't coming after people who do try to run OS X on
> other hardware. They just won't support it.