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    OSX on sub notebook (MSI wind)

    Just wondering what the legalities are of buying OSX Leopard and shoving it on my MSI Wind? Is leopard only sold as an upgrade, or is it full retail? Theres some quiet good guides and custom instal disks on the wind forums but wanted to check that it legal, and we are able to discus it here.

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    Re: OSX on sub notebook (MSI wind)

    As far as I am aware, the Apple EULA still requires that it is installed on an Apple machine?
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    It's against the Law to install this on any system that is not Apple.
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    Re: OSX on sub notebook (MSI wind)

    Has this ever been tested in a court of law? Seams awfully anti-competitive to me.
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    It doesn't need to be tested to be honest. The rights are owned by Apple so they state thatit can only be installed on an Apple based system. Stupid, I know.
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    Considering how easy it is getting to be to put osx on a normal pc, i am sure it wont be long before this goes to court with someone..

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    Re: OSX on sub notebook (MSI wind)

    it is going to court with someone. a company selling osx desktops and servers is being sued for it

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    Oh yeah i forgot that Remember reading about it

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    Just use Linux.
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    Re: OSX on sub notebook (MSI wind)

    I will stick to my macbook pro

    Miss osx when i use a pc though.. Not used linux much but i preferred osx..

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    Re: OSX on sub notebook (MSI wind)

    Quote Originally Posted by Jay View Post
    It doesn't need to be tested to be honest. The rights are owned by Apple so they state thatit can only be installed on an Apple based system. Stupid, I know.
    If there's no presidence set for the legality of that section of the EULA, then it isn't illegal yet. Companies don't get to make up laws, remember? As much as I'm sure they'd love to, they have no legislative authority. Personally I'd be happy if Apple made OS X available to generic PC hardware, they charge far too much for far too little as far as hardware is concerned.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jay View Post
    Just use Linux.
    I already dual boot my main rig with ubuntu, just fancy having a play with osx.

    Think a macbook pro might cost a bit more than the price of the wind

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    Re: OSX on sub notebook (MSI wind)

    AFAIK Apple uses EFI on their systems - so would OSx install, yet alone boot, on a bog standard MBR achitecture machine? (Not particularly familiar with EFI)
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    Re: OSX on sub notebook (MSI wind)

    It's stupid really, if you you buy it i can't see why you can't, it's still you paying for their products.

    It's like you buying a dvd but you can only use it on a dvd player and not a pc.

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    Re: OSX on sub notebook (MSI wind)

    Quote Originally Posted by peterb View Post
    AFAIK Apple uses EFI on their systems - so would OSx install, yet alone boot, on a bog standard MBR achitecture machine? (Not particularly familiar with EFI)
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    Re: OSX on sub notebook (MSI wind)

    Quote Originally Posted by peterb View Post
    AFAIK Apple uses EFI on their systems - so would OSx install, yet alone boot, on a bog standard MBR achitecture machine? (Not particularly familiar with EFI)
    PC-BIOS support is already in there, has been since the start, it's just (purposely) disabled in OS X.
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