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Thanks for answering! I am not really asking about the legality, per se, which is where the EULA comes into this. I don't want to put any words into your mouth,

Thanks for answering! I am not really asking about the legality, per se, which is where the EULA comes into this. I don't want to put any words into your mouth, so let me just imagine a couple of "inner monologues" about the ethical/moral aspect of that, just so you have an idea of what I'm trying to ask. "I know Apple doesn't want me to use it this way, and I know I shouldn't, but I'm going to do it anyway even though it's wrong" "I know Apple doesn't want me to use it this way, but they shouldn't have a say in it, so it's not really wrong" Would be interested to know how you're thinking about your decision to run MacOS on your Thinkpad from that perspective.

smoldesu 5y ago
It's a little of column A and column B. I don't feel bad for breaking their EULA though, Apple definitely has bigger fish to fry than chasing down hobbyists who want to toss their free-to-download software on a laptop without their blessing. The so-called "ethics" side of it isn't even on my radar, considering how opaque Apple is with their software and hardware distribution. > Would be interested to know how you're thinking about your decision to run MacOS on your Thinkpad from that perspective. Frankly, I just don't care or think about it for that matter. It took maybe 30 minutes to install, I marveled at how well it worked on unsupported hardware for about an hour, then booted back into Linux and forgot about it altogether. I don't see it as anything other than a cheap party trick, any hurt feelings that the world's largest company has towards it is just a complimentary bonus in my book.