CapAmerica Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 With the newly found message from Apple about Not Stealing OSX it got me wondering how many people here actually own a copy of OSX 10.4? If everyone here who is using OSX on their PC were to buy a copy of OSX 10.4 (Doesn't even have to be a Intel version) Would Apple really care that we are hacking it to run on a PC? Both of the messages that Apple has put into OSX haven't said anything about hacking OSX they just say not to pirate it. Anyway I do infact own a copy of 10.4, I was at the Apple Store the day it was released. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R. Bear Helms Posted February 16, 2006 Share Posted February 16, 2006 Tiger came with my Mac Mini. It's a PPC only install disc. Apple's licensing (as far as I can interpret legal-ese) is that not only is the license applicable to just one system, I think they also mean just one APPLE system. Currently, if the legal dept wanted to go on a Blitzkrieg, they could nail anybody who has OS X running on non Apple supplied hardware. I don't think that would be a good PR move. Rather, as is likely the case with 10.4.5 and what's to come after, they are going to make "the rest of us" really HATE than darned fricken TPM chip... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozzie123 Posted February 16, 2006 Share Posted February 16, 2006 I have one from my iBook. And since I use Ubuntu for that (and installed OSx86 on my other laptop), does this mean I'm safe -- copyright wise? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warmcola Posted February 16, 2006 Share Posted February 16, 2006 i bought an ibook and a year later bought tiger to upgrade. technically thats 2 copies of osx right there. would that allow me to legally try to install it onto a pc? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Severnya Posted February 16, 2006 Share Posted February 16, 2006 I bought a copy for my iBook - then sold the ibook running its original OS - panther. We would still be breaking copyright if we installed it on our PC's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-.- Posted February 19, 2006 Share Posted February 19, 2006 i have a 12' powerbook 1.5 (nice laptop I recomend), it came with 10.4 preintalled and both 10.4 and 09 on restore disks. If it had also come with a linux distro cd I would have a complete set. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
defylogik Posted February 19, 2006 Share Posted February 19, 2006 have a bought copy of every X version since its inception. gotta love the X, why not pay for it! now windows is another story..that pile of {censored} isnt worth paying for! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Talbot Posted February 20, 2006 Share Posted February 20, 2006 Honestly If Apple were to release a version of OS X that ran on any intel hardware or even any PC hardware, I wouldn't hesitate to buy it. The only reason I haven't is because of the cheapness of x86 hardware. That is a very good reason to compete against windows, you already have a fan base, why not give consumers a choice? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New001 Posted February 20, 2006 Share Posted February 20, 2006 Yea, I have 10.4, a legal copy, on my iBook G4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheoCryst Posted February 21, 2006 Share Posted February 21, 2006 Yep, Tiger on my iBook 1.33 (wow, these things is popular on this board). And to everyone who asked: it is illegal for you to use the restore disk version of the OS on ANY piece of hardware other than the one it came with. Even if you own a full boxed verson of the OS, you can only legally use it on Apple hardware. There is no way around it: OS X on beige box IS illegal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oil_Fan Posted February 22, 2006 Share Posted February 22, 2006 I too own a copy of OS 10.4...and it's running on my work G4-733. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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