Hackintosh == Mac Emulator?

McIntosh · Post by **McIntosh** » Wed Feb 02, 2011 10:09 pm

Hi,

I wanted to know the difference between a Hackintosh and an Emulator. I have a Dell Mini 10v, which is totally compatible with mac os x 10.5.x through 10.6.x. I want to know if hackintoshing is legal.

Post by **Cat_7** » Wed Feb 02, 2011 11:52 pm

Whether turning a machine into an hackintosh is legal or not might depend on where you live

Some say that when you buy Mac OSX legally, you can do with it what you want, others say the eula is legally binding, and thus prohibits you from installing Mac OSX on non-apple branded machines. Legal system are different over the world and might allow one thing over here and prohibit another over there (and the other way around... )

best look up on this on www.insanelymac.com

Best,
Cat_7

McIntosh · Post by **McIntosh** » Wed Feb 02, 2011 11:59 pm

I recall some of that in the mac os 8.1 eula. It might even be illegal to use an emulator! But for now, what the heck.

Ambassador · Post by **Ambassador** » Thu Feb 03, 2011 1:49 am

If you live outside the U.S., you wouldn't have to contend with potential DMCA violations regarding "anti-circumvention".

McIntosh · Post by **McIntosh** » Thu Feb 03, 2011 12:53 pm

lucky. i live in georgia.

Ambassador · Post by **Ambassador** » Fri Feb 25, 2011 5:34 am

Even so though, I don't think the "Apple Police" will break down your door. I've seen footage of a Hackintosh brought into an Apple Store, and the only thing that happened was the store manager saying "We don't support a hack". In other words, you should be OK.

McIntosh · Post by **McIntosh** » Sun Feb 27, 2011 2:56 am

Dang! I use downloaded 68k mac roms(not powermac, I have my own 7100). I thought that if I used a rom that is any thing other than a Mac SE+, then I would be screwed! I'm no longer guilty.

A hackintosh at an apple store! Wow, I thought that if you did that, Steve Jobs will jump through the window and shoot you!

fanman93 · Post by **fanman93** » Sun Mar 13, 2011 7:15 pm

Actually, I've read up on this. EULAs are not usually held up in courts in the US (I say usually, your mileage may vary). It is technically not legal, but it is not illegal to make a hackintosh. Basically, all this means is that Apple won't support you if you have trouble with your OS X installation or whatnot. The worst they could do is fine you, and will a multi-billion dollar company fine someone for wanting to use their OS on non-Mac hardware? I think not.

Thank you HowStuffWorks.com for telling me that I can feel safe about my hackintosh in Virtualbox!

McIntosh · Post by **McIntosh** » Mon Mar 14, 2011 11:45 am

In vBOX? Wow, I tried that with the chameleon loader. I have a Dell Mini 10v(which is in fact compatible with OS 10.6), and I might not need chameleon. I discovered that vmware emulates the exact hardware on the host computer, so I could try with that. When I tried hackintoshing with chameleon, it said something about unsupported AMD accelerated hardware. The Dell mini has an Atom, so I might want to stay away from hackintoshing in a vm.

fanman93 · Post by **fanman93** » Mon Mar 14, 2011 7:29 pm

Well, the distro I used had everything preset. Since I had the retail version, I saw no harm in using an ISO from an external source. Can't give any hints or links, since it's possible for it to be downloaded illegally as well.

Ambassador · Post by **Ambassador** » Sun Apr 03, 2011 7:02 pm

Can't give any hints or links, since it's possible for it to be downloaded illegally as well.

Better ban Google then.

fanman93 · Post by **fanman93** » Sun Apr 03, 2011 7:15 pm

Ya, I suppose I was a little ridiculous. I guess I could say that it's the Hazard OSX86 version that I used. It installs a bootloader automatically (through the customized part of the installation, of course), so it's easier than a lot.

Hackintosh == Mac Emulator?

Hackintosh == Mac Emulator?

emulator is illegal too?

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