mikejaz2
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Re:Discussion Q&A - Unauthorized Clones? - 2008/04/22 20:53
Well, I guess I side with the so-called "free market" here. Don't really care what Apple's contractual language is, I think the courts have already decided that you can't restrict a user's and/or resellers right to put software on a piece of hardware. If someone designs a "hackintosh" which works with off-the-shelf Intel components, and runs MacOS, why should they (Apple) bitch? Because the end-user isn't getting the full "Mac experience"? Well, yeah, ya get what ya pay for, and those who buy cheap clones will find, more than likely, that the integrated offering from Apple is the best. But, I'd say that as long as those copies of OSX running on the "Hack" are licensed, bought and paid for, Apple shouldn't complain. A little company called Microsoft somehow managed to become a lumbering financial behemoth licensing and selling nothing but software. Kinda makes me go "hmmmmm".
Personally, I'd take a wary eye to buying any Hackintoshes. I had some bad experiences with the PowerPC clones...but if they'd make a MacPro with double the expansion slots, I'd have to look seriously, because IMHO, the MacPro (and my venerable G5/dual 2) suffer from a severe lack of expansion room.
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