How to roll your own Mac for under $240

Re:How to roll your own Mac for under $240 by petercooper on Wednesday December 31, 2008 @08:35PM (#416122)

In theory, since you cannot buy this hacked copy of OS X it might be a copyright violation since you can't have a license for that copy.

It is possible, however, to buy a legitimate OS X and perform the same patches to get the install image they are using, in which case no copyright violation occurs. Installing shouldn't even be an EULA violation if you're doing it on an "Apple labeled" computer.. so just get an Apple sticker and label it.

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Re:How to roll your own Mac for under $240 by Zev on Wednesday December 31, 2008 @08:40PM (#416124)

I dont think sticking a sticker of an apple sticker on it makes it "Apple labeled" anymore then a tag saying "rolex" would make a fake rolex from the street a real rolex.

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Re:How to roll your own Mac for under $240 by petercooper on Wednesday December 31, 2008 @10:39PM (#416195)

That's still a point of legal contention.

In any case, it's perfectly legal for you to buy a cheap watch and put a Rolex sticker on it as long as you don't sell it on as a "genuine" Rolex.

Something can be "Apple labeled" but not a genuine Apple product. "Apple manufactured" would have made more sense.

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Re:How to roll your own Mac for under $240 by jrockway on Thursday January 01, 2009 @01:55AM (#416284)

But of course Apple doesn't manufacture their own machines. They design them and label them, hence the odd wording in the EULA.

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