Re: Latest version of Mac OS

2011-12-16 Thread Lewis Alexander 
just in the issues of history sake,

back in the early 90's when apple computer was still the old way, there were 
apple clones around from umax and power computing. At the time, apple was 
interested in supporting the product but they had to follow licensing from 
apple. After a long legal case, this went wrong and Steve HJobbs axed all clone 
support with a law suit.

The way Mac OS, especially OS X works in the security aspect is, the software 
detects a chip installed on the logic board as well as open firmware or EFI, so 
OS X and the older MAC OS had a security point installed, locking the operating 
system to apple only systems. This is still the same today.

There are some folk in this world who think that creating "Hackintosh" systems 
is a good thing. unfortunately, it damages the sales and production reputation 
of apple. hence a recent lawsuit taking action against a rather recent 
developer who cracked OS X and built "hackintosh systems" that way.

In my honest opinion as well as fact stated by apple. this is illegal and voids 
warranty, support, etc to the product.

Even though the hardware we use in our iMacs, Macbook Pro,s and Mac Pro's use 
state of the art hardware, the chipsets alone are relatively standard.

I think it's best we close this subject and discourage cloning and "Hackintosh" 
actions from this list. As we all represent apple as users, pro users and 
engineers, we keep apple close to us.
lew

On 16 Dec 2011, at 19:50, Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith wrote:

> Hello Glenn
> 
> There's no legal installation on a PC, as far as I'm aware anyway. It 
> probably is possible if you're able and willing to do a lot of tinkering; but 
> it's definitely not supported by Apple and it's definitely not something we 
> would ever try.
> 
> Lynne
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> 
> On 16 Dec 2011, at 19:02, Glenn wrote:
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> • My brother is thinking of getting a Mac, and I suggested that I thought 
> that 
> the Mac OS can be purchased and installed on a PC.
> I don't know if this is still the case.
> Does anyone know about this?
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Re: Latest version of Mac OS

2011-12-16 Thread Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith 
Hello Glenn

There's no legal installation on a PC, as far as I'm aware anyway. It probably 
is possible if you're able and willing to do a lot of tinkering; but it's 
definitely not supported by Apple and it's definitely not something we would 
ever try.

Lynne


On 16 Dec 2011, at 19:02, Glenn wrote:

• My brother is thinking of getting a Mac, and I suggested that I thought that 
the Mac OS can be purchased and installed on a PC.
I don't know if this is still the case.
Does anyone know about this?
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Re: Latest version of Mac OS

2011-12-16 Thread Mike Welty 
Even if you could I would not go that route. if you want a mac, go the right 
way and buy a mac.


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Hi,
My brother is thinking of getting a Mac, and I suggested that I thought 
that

the Mac OS can be purchased and installed on a PC.
I don't know if this is still the case.
Does anyone know about this?
Glenn

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Re: Latest version of Mac OS

2011-12-16 Thread Lewis Alexander 
I would highly advise against this. not only is this highly illegal, it's also 
fraught with problems where compatibility of hardware is concerned and the 
behaviour of the board is concerned. Though it is possible, there is a great 
deal of harm that can be caused by this. I had tested this  for a compliance 
method and ht took 2 days to do. not worth it. buy a mac mini or a macbook as a 
basic option. simple as that.

anyway, security is the key point of apple's software hence it works only to 
apple hardware. I won't go into how it works because it's not worth causing 
someone's guide dog to start snoring as soon as he / she starts reading this 
email. hey we've all got our points of bordom lol. woof!

lew

On 16 Dec 2011, at 19:02, Zachary Kline wrote:

> Hi Glen,
> What you're proposing is what is called a hackintosh. They're apparently 
> difficult to get working on occasions, and of at least questionable legality. 
> I would go for the direct route and just buy a proper APple machine. That 
> being said, if you search the net there are guides to accomplish what you 
> have in mind.
> Best,
> Zack.
> On Dec 16, 2011, at 11:02 AM, Glenn wrote:
> 
>> Hi,
>> My brother is thinking of getting a Mac, and I suggested that I thought that 
>> the Mac OS can be purchased and installed on a PC.
>> I don't know if this is still the case.
>> Does anyone know about this?
>> Glenn 
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Re: Latest version of Mac OS

2011-12-16 Thread Zachary Kline 
Hi Glen,
What you're proposing is what is called a hackintosh. They're apparently 
difficult to get working on occasions, and of at least questionable legality. I 
would go for the direct route and just buy a proper APple machine. That being 
said, if you search the net there are guides to accomplish what you have in 
mind.
Best,
Zack.
On Dec 16, 2011, at 11:02 AM, Glenn wrote:

> Hi,
> My brother is thinking of getting a Mac, and I suggested that I thought that 
> the Mac OS can be purchased and installed on a PC.
> I don't know if this is still the case.
> Does anyone know about this?
> Glenn 
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Latest version of Mac OS

2011-12-16 Thread Glenn 
Hi,
My brother is thinking of getting a Mac, and I suggested that I thought that 
the Mac OS can be purchased and installed on a PC.
I don't know if this is still the case.
Does anyone know about this?
Glenn 

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