Steve Jobs and Apple invented the Hackintosh. Why is it illegal?

[xaqt93]

Quick answer. Apple does not sell Mac OS. They let users upgrade for free, which means that Apple owns the Operating system. When you give up your Mac, you are giving up your right to use the Operating system Apple is giving you and updating for free.

Back when OSX costed money to upgrade, I don't think it was "Illigal" to put OSX on a non Apple Computer. I don't think it is actually, "Illgal" now, but oh well. I had a Hackentosh on my Dell and hated it because it was laggy and didn't run properly. But that couldn't have been my lack of understanding on how to properly install it.

 

[mw360]

Quick answer. Apple does not sell Mac OS.

Not that quick.

 

[7709876]

I don't know the case about the US but here in the UK consumers can't be bound by unfair terms and conditions in contracts. The EULA isn't a law it is just a contract. The Human Centipad for example would never be binding in the UK. The European Union has also ruled on several occasions on the status of EULAs for consumers.

Under Common Law here in England & Wales (the law is slightly different in Scotland) there is a principle that a contract must have the ability to be negotiated on either side to be binding.

I'm unaware of a private individual ever being subject to any legal judgement for breaching an EULA here. Companies could revoke the licence for breach of the EULA but that is pretty much it. Apple could theoretically sue an individual for some loss they had incurred but I wouldn't expect them to have much, if any success.

The situation is different when a business is involved as the assumption in law is that the business has the adequate expertise to assess the contract.

 

[T'hain Esh Kelch]

Back in 2001, Steve Jobs and some other team at Apple modified a Sony Vaio to run OS X (however for demonstrating OS X on Intel and an idea to make Sony Vaios OS X-compatible although was quickly scrapped as Apple will lose sales due to the cheaper Sonys), effectively creating the first Hackintosh. Nowadays, the act of modifying non-Apple hardware to run Apple OS is illegal. Why is that when Apple invented it?$

They didn't modify the Vaio. They coded OSX to run on it. Quite a difference, and not a "hack" as in hackintosh, but a native system. It would make our current Intel OS a hack also..

 

[0x100]

Back in 2001, Steve Jobs and some other team at Apple modified a Sony Vaio to run OS X (however for demonstrating OS X on Intel and an idea to make Sony Vaios OS X-compatible although was quickly scrapped as Apple will lose sales due to the cheaper Sonys), effectively creating the first Hackintosh. Nowadays, the act of modifying non-Apple hardware to run Apple OS is illegal. Why is that when Apple invented it?$

Because they own it and can decide what people can do with it.

 

[Tech198]

Because they own it and can decide what people can do with it.

Well u are just using it ya ok from that standpoint..

A EULA is just a EULA... not a law u must abide by in most cases. But they define what u must agree to.... Doesn't mean u have to... Therefore, i would say its not something they control, otherwise it wouldn't be possible.
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