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Subject: Re: Digital Audio doesn't recognize Sonnet ST / processor temperature
Date:    Dienstag 07 September 2010N
From:    Joshua Juran <[email protected]>
To:      [email protected]

> > No, Mac OS X is not made for standard PCs.
> > 
> > And: please respect the license. Apple doesn't allow installation on
> > non-Mac
> > computers.
> 
> Apple is not a legislative body -- it's not their prerogative to allow
> or disallow anything from a legal standpoint.  In some countries, the
> EULA isn't valid, so you're free to install a purchased copy of OS X
> on any machine you wish.  It's not inherently illegal to do things
> that Apple doesn't like.
> 
> Compliance with the law is one thing.  Respect, however, must be earned.

If you're in the U.S. or in Canada… well, installing Mac OS X on a non-Mac 
computer seems to be illegal. (That's what I've heard…)

Here where I live, Austria in Europe (it's south of Germany – there are no 
kangaroos in Austria), installing Mac OS X on a non-Mac computer is in fact 
legal, provided one has obtained a license to use Mac OS X. Just like you say, 
Apple may not be happy with this, but this is the law in my country, so I can 
do it – legally.

So I did.

And when you do too, then you will find out that Mac OS X is in fact not made 
for standard PCs. If your hardware is close to 100% of what Apple uses in 
their Macs then you have a good chance it will work, but some devices (like 
wireless LAN, bluetooth or, in a worst case, the graphics cards) may not have 
proper kexts available and thus don't work properly.


Just my experiences.
Cheers,
Andreas  aka  Mac User #330250

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