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Apple also forbids virtualising OSX on non-Apple hardware. So you can't run your OSX (which e.g. you bought legally) on VMware on Windows PC. So yes, formally
by zerr 12y ago
Apple also forbids virtualising OSX on non-Apple hardware. So you can't run your OSX (which e.g. you bought legally) on VMware on Windows PC.
So yes, formally this is illegal, but it is about common sense - when you feel that it is wrong to forbid such things - you happily "break" "law"...
- lmz 12y agoTying the OS to the hardware is not exactly Apple-specific. If I bought a laptop with Windows preinstalled (an OEM license) I can't activate that on different hardware either. Saying "I bought that" to the support line would likely get me laughed at. If you bought OS X for non-Apple hardware, it has never been able to run there unmodified. It would be like complaining that my PS4 game doesn't run on the XBox One.
- zerr 12y ago> It would be like complaining that my PS4 game doesn't run on the XBox One. Actually Apple tries to convert regular computer users to these kind of Console or Home Microwave users. They want us to have less and less control over our own devices and software. So yes, we break their licenses, but as I mentioned when we have to choose between a common sense vs counter-common-sense law - we choose the former one.