“Well its been only a day since the Mac OSX Leopard was released officially by Apple and the hackers have managed to create a patched DVD that everyone like you and me can use to install Leopard on PC’s without having to buy a Mac,” dailyApps reports.
“Please note the tutorial that I am going to post is still experimental and things might not work the right way simply because it is still early days in hacking Leopard to work on PC’s. Well if you don’t mind your PC getting screwed then go ahead and try out this tutorial,” dailyApps reports.
Full article here.
[Attribution: TUAW. Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “RadDoc” for the heads up.]
MacDailyNews Note: Not that your average hacker would care, but Apple’s Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard Software License Agreement explicitly states that users are allowed to install, use and run the OS only on Apple-labeled computers.
Just read this. OMG! The flood gates have opened.
I hope that Apple’s defense against this misuse of OS X is effective against the masses of PC users, but not too effective against the hackers and geeks. When the geek community recognizes the superiority of OS X Leopard, they will be in the queue of some day to become switchers to Mac hardware.
Apple must, for legal reasons, defend its brand. But Apple can be clever and use the theft of its property to advance the Mac OS X juggernaut.
If I slap the included Apple stickers on a PC, is it now “Apple-Labeled”?
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Check out the current Joy of Tech cartoon. It says it all. Sorry, I can’t find a permalink for it.
http://www.geekculture.com/joyoftech/joyarchives/1027.html
Joy of Tech comic:
Check the latest Joy of Tech. That says everything.
And just like the iPhone hackers that complained about their phone not working after a hack, will these PCers complain that Apple screwed up their PC, after trying to install Leopard?
For some reason, I’ve just got this feeling that someone will try & claim for damages.
WOW! Four times check the latest Joy of Tech.
LOL
I use a PC because not everyone has enough moeny to upgrade to a Mac. Believe me, if I had 2 grand to go out and buy a computer, I would. But I don’t. Even though i’m probably not going to use this hack, I like that fact that the hackers are making it possible.
So please shut up about “well, why don’t they all just go buy macs?”
You don’t need two grand to buy a Mac…
599 dollars will do…
“if i had 2 grand to buy a Mac….” blah blah blah…
go look in the store. MOST Macs are far less than 2 grand. plus they last. if you want to spend $6-700 on a machine that will last 18 months and then install a hacked version of OSX that will break at some point rather than spending a grand to get a machine that will last you 5-8 years and get the real thing, you aren’t saving money, you just have no concept of value…..
” if I had 2 grand to go out and buy a computer, I would.”
The Mac mini is $600
yeah, cuz i’m gonna go spend $600 on a watered down computer that doesn’t do nearly enough of the thinhgs i need it to do. Great idea.
@PC User Guy
You can get a Mac for half of what you quote, and Leopard will come pre-installed. Break down and go for it. Drink the koolaid.
…haven’t you done just that by having an old PC with windows?
look, i’m not trying to bash macs here. I like macs okay? i’m just wondering why you think this is a bad thing? why do you think that allowing mroe people to experience the mac OS is doing wrong to your beloved apple?
“yeah, cuz i’m gonna go spend $600 on a watered down computer that doesn’t do nearly enough of the thinhgs i need it to do. Great idea.”
really? like what. name it. what does your bargain price dell do that a mini can’t. tell me…..
better yet, tell what a “real” computer is, just post a link to this magical computer you would prefer over anything that Apple offers, for a better price, and tell us what it does that a Mac can’t.
….we have all played this game before you see. it can’t be done. people make the same lame excuse you did ALL THE TIME, and everytime they find a machine that compares spec wise to a Mac, the price compares well too. sometimes the Macs are even cheaper.
“why do you think that allowing mroe people to experience the mac OS is doing wrong to your beloved apple?”
many would say that because Apple is a hardware company, that if people are pirating software to install on a PC they lose 2 sales. one is the actual software sale, and the second is the machine it runs on. so how is doing wrong? oh i don’t theft is wrong to some people……
myself, i don’t think it will matter, as many other people already said, those people who do this are just one step from buying. i suspect most people will go that way.
no, what i object to is your rationalization of an unethical behavior. you are just lying to us about your reason. or you are lying to yourself. or you have no sense of value. take your pick.
shen,
Use the shift key appropriately and proofread before pressing ‘Submit’.
If you like Macs, then buy one and support the business that creates, puts the R&D;into new developments for it, and if you can’t afford a new one there are plenty of bargains to be had second hand/used, bearing in mind that Macs last perfectly well for many many years.
Anyone bothering to hack OSX into a beige box will certainly be switching shortly thereafter…
Three easy steps? More like 16. I guess the Wintel crowd is still using Pentium chips for basic counting.
So if you install OS X 10.5 on a PC, do the drivers work? Will it be a functional system, or just a demo of OS X 10.5?
@ grammer nazi
Are you trying to distract us from the fact that he made a good point?
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I agree Shen, take a breath and write more deliberately.
Though what you said is very poignant and the message certainly wasn’t lost on me, we would hear you much better if you constructed your prose with more care.
@E of E
No, what we so-called grammar Nazis are trying to do is get his point faster by not having to fill in missing capitalization, punctuation, and missing words that make a sentence difficult to parse. In human factors engineering, with which I have had a professional involvement, this is known as signal to noise ratio. If Apple were as sloppy in its interface design, this ratio of usability would be working against you, me and every Mac user.
MW: issue, as in It is an important issue.