On 03/22/2010 01:32 PM, Matthias Pfützner wrote: > You (JD) wrote: > >> I see. So, I go to an Apple store, I buy Snow Leopard DVD, >> I install it on my Dell and I am now a criminal? >> That is worse than laughable! >> > It's the same with copy-protected DVDs. If you DO copy those, you're doing > illegal things. > > Same here. Apple includes CODE inside the MacOS to make sure, it does NOT run > on non-apple hardware. "Breaking" that by hackintosh et.al. is illegal. > > Whether Apple is going to persue these sue-ing options is a totally different > story... > > So, if you really want to run MacOS on VBOX, you need to "hackintosh" the Snow > Leopard SOFTWARE, and Bob's your uncle. Has been done already, AFAIK, so, why > should Sun "mimick" a Mac in the VBox HW-Layer? Simply to support illegal > doing? > > No need to be sued by apple for some-such stuff... There's a better use of > that money... > > Think first, read first, before asking for such "silly" things... ;-) > > Matthias >
Sorry Mathias, no body said anything about hackintosh. I pointed out at least 4 youtube links to videos of people installing Snow Leopard unmodified - straight from Apple Store, on their Dell's. So what you say is bunk! There is no code that checks to see if hardware is apple or dell. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev _______________________________________________ VBox-users-community mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/vbox-users-community
