On Thu, 14 Jun 2007, Paul Braun wrote:
> Tom Scales wrote:
>>
>> You can license Windows for any box on which it will run. You can license
>> Windows to put on your shelf and admire. Just because you have an
>> incompatible CPU doesn't mean you can't license it.
>>
> You can, in fact, buy a retail box of OSX and put it on a shelf as well.
I believe technically (from a license point of view) the retail OS X box
is an upgrade and not a new installation. There's no such thing as a new
install since every Mac sold came with a MacOS license.
> And there are those who have hacked it to run on any intel-based pc, but
> that's dependant on whether or not you have drivers for your specific
> cards and stuff.
It's also in clear violation of the Apple license agreement for OS X.
-mark
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