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Subject: [OM] Re: [OT] Intel Mac users only -- mac and pc the lines just got to
From: Mark Dapoz <md@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2007 13:54:00 -0400 (EDT)
On Thu, 14 Jun 2007, Paul Braun wrote:

> Tom Scales wrote:
>>
>> You can license Windows for any box on which it will run.  You can license
>> Windows to put on your shelf and admire.  Just because you have an
>> incompatible CPU doesn't mean you can't license it.
>>
> You can, in fact, buy a retail box of OSX and put it on a shelf as well.

I believe technically (from a license point of view) the retail OS X box
is an upgrade and not a new installation.  There's no such thing as a new
install since every Mac sold came with a MacOS license.

> And there are those who have hacked it to run on any intel-based pc, but
> that's dependant on whether or not you have drivers for your specific
> cards and stuff.

It's also in clear violation of the Apple license agreement for OS X.
                                        -mark

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