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What if Apple offered a configurable "hardware blessing" license for sale (perhaps tied to the purchaser and a specific macOS version, not the hardware, and non
by TimTheTinker 8y ago
What if Apple offered a configurable "hardware blessing" license for sale (perhaps tied to the purchaser and a specific macOS version, not the hardware, and non-transferable)? It would allow you to legally run x copies of macOS 10.y on non-Apple hardware (either directly or as a VM). If Apple did that, I'm sure our IT department would jump on it. They're very frustrated about having to maintain Mac Minis just to host macOS VMs.
Failing that, what exactly constitutes Apple hardware, legally? Could I run a macOS VM on a big Dell server if I zip-tie a Mac Mini motherboard to the enclosure?
- mikestew 8y agoCould I run a macOS VM on a big Dell server if I zip-tie a Mac Mini motherboard to the enclosure? You can if, assuming Apple wished to pursue it, you're ready to tell that to a judge with a straight face.