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0 pointsSephr11y ago0 comments

If it's just OS X you need, and not the overpriced Apple hardware, why not just buy a bunch of OS X licenses and install it on your normal servers (a la Hackintosh)?

It would cost much much less and you would be able to have completely uniform server hardware with faster networking.

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voltagex_11y ago

Because Apple still doesn't allow that?

That said, I'd love to see a Blade Hackintosh (has it been done?)

SephrOP11y ago

Just because it's against their ToS doesn't mean that their ToS is enforceable.

If you purchase a legitimate license to OS X and only use it on personally owned hardware that you keep in your possession (unlike that company that tried to sell Hackintoshes a couple years ago), it's very unlikely that Apple could ever have a legal case against you.

otterley11y ago

Your interpretation of the law is wrong. "Click-wrap" licenses have been held enforceable for over 15 years. See, e.g., ProCD v. Zeidenberg, 86 F.3d 1447 (7th Cir. 1996).

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