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Except, AFAIK, pystar machines dont come with "real" OS X. They require either A. OS X to be hacked to run on the machines (aka: your pirated copy) or B. Nonsta
by Zev 18y ago
Except, AFAIK, pystar machines dont come with "real" OS X. They require either A. OS X to be hacked to run on the machines (aka: your pirated copy) or B. Nonstandard hardware specifically designed to emulate things that PC's cant run.
The latter is much much more of a grey area then the former. However, I think pystar does the former. I remember reading awhile ago that pystar shipped with a legit copy of OS X but a hacked copy installed, so if anyone wanted to reinstall, they would have to send it back and pay $50.
- Haskell 18y ago> They require either A. OS X to be hacked to run on the machines (aka: your pirated copy) Hacked != Pirated. I am planning to use a hacked MacOS X for IPhone development and I will buy the OS. That's fine, I can pay for the software. I simply can't afford their overpriced desktop hardware. (The iPhone is reasonably cheap compared to their desktops). Edit: I don't know why this has been down voted. Maybe I should say that what adds to Apple's desktops cost, besides their premium for the brand, is the importation tax for items over $500 here. As high as 60%. With this tax, I can simply buy the software and assembly the hardware from commodity parts myself.
- Zev 18y agoTheres an overwhelmingly large majority of the people who dont know enough in order to to hack os x and instead pirate a hacked copy. But hey, if you do know enough to hack it, kudos to you. Though if you're going by the "I bought a legit copy. I should be able to download it in modified forms if I want to" argument, then thats grayer then I would like. Especially if I'm developing for a platform that's controlled by the company that I'm pirating from.