their policy is incredibly vague lol. nothing surprises me there lol
Not really. The license is explicit about being for Apple branded hardware only.
I port operating systems to different systems all the time for test and development
However you like to rationalize it to yourself, but it is probably not legal. Currently, one cannot even purchase the Intel version of OS X (the retail version is PowerPC only).
so I have to really do it before spending tons of money on a mac
Again, I call B.S. Like $600 for a new Mini is quote tons of money. You could purchase a retail copy of OS X plus a used G3 iMac for even less than that.
like microsoft office for the mac, apple works, autoCAD mac and pro-tools, etc.
None of those are compatible with VoiceOver.
