Dell XPS 13 Review from a lifelong Mac user

Re:Dell XPS 13 Review from a lifelong Mac user by bdcravens on Thursday June 14, 2018 @03:13PM (#17314495)

I don't think any hardware manufacturer will touch Hackintoshing; previous company in that space (Psystar) was sued out of existence.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psystar_Corporation

Obviously if a company isn't selling product with OSX installed it's different, but any marketing that suggests it would likely be problematic. Besides, the community has done a pretty good job of identifying compatible hardware

http://wiki.osx86project.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page

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Re:Dell XPS 13 Review from a lifelong Mac user by PeCaN on Thursday June 14, 2018 @09:39PM (#17316861)

The difference is Psystar:

1) Was kind of a scam

2) Sold computers with OS X already installed

2 is the real violation that got them sued. Obviously it's legal to sell computers that are compatible with OS X. Selling them with OS X installed in violation of Apple's EULA is a good way to end up in court.

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Re:Dell XPS 13 Review from a lifelong Mac user by bdcravens on Thursday June 14, 2018 @11:33PM (#17317348)

I literally acknowledged this point:

> Obviously if a company isn't selling product with OSX installed it's different

> Obviously it's legal to sell computers that are compatible with OS X

Never said it wasn't. Only that most companies wouldn't market their product's alternative illegal uses, as that puts them in a gray area. (Almost every product can be used for illegal purposes after all)

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Re:Dell XPS 13 Review from a lifelong Mac user by Apocryphon on Thursday June 14, 2018 @07:16PM (#17316210)

They don't have to make it public knowledge... it's just, behind the scenes, they try to prioritize designs that are easily Hackintoshable

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