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If it's just OS X you need, and not the overpriced Apple hardware, why not just buy a bunch of OS X licenses and install it on your normal servers (a la Hackint
by Sephr 12y ago
If it's just OS X you need, and not the overpriced Apple hardware, why not just buy a bunch of OS X licenses and install it on your normal servers (a la Hackintosh)?
It would cost much much less and you would be able to have completely uniform server hardware with faster networking.
- voltagex_ 12y agoBecause Apple still doesn't allow that? That said, I'd love to see a Blade Hackintosh (has it been done?)
- Sephr 12y agoJust because it's against their ToS doesn't mean that their ToS is enforceable. If you purchase a legitimate license to OS X and only use it on personally owned hardware that you keep in your possession (unlike that company that tried to sell Hackintoshes a couple years ago), it's very unlikely that Apple could ever have a legal case against you.
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- otterley 12y agoYour interpretation of the law is wrong. "Click-wrap" licenses have been held enforceable for over 15 years. See, e.g., ProCD v. Zeidenberg, 86 F.3d 1447 (7th Cir. 1996).
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