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How long before Apple gets you shut down?HacBook Elite – A Fully-functional Mac for $329
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Re: HacBook Elite – A Fully-functional Mac for $329
#12Apple is usually very aggressive about shutting down people who do this.
As I discovered when I spent a bunch of time hunting around for someone competent to sell me a pre-assembled very high end Mac Pro type rig, which I can't seem to find.
I still think that would be a much better business if one wants to sell their hackintosh skills. I would gladly pay a couple grand or more for a genuine top of the line Mac Pro equivalent, since the official ones are not so outdated and overpriced.
And PS if anyone knows how to do that I am definitely interested.
Re: HacBook Elite – A Fully-functional Mac for $329
#13So how are they handling the fact that their business is violating Apples OSX terms and can be taken down at any time ? Also wondering how the $329 price works, as this seems to be based on HPs Elitebook which are more expensive.
Exactly.
Case in point: Psystar [0]
Re: HacBook Elite – A Fully-functional Mac for $329
#14"Looks like a Mac. Feels like a Mac."
Ehhh, that is a bit too blatantly dishonest for my taste.
Re: HacBook Elite – A Fully-functional Mac for $329
#15This is the second hackintosh ive seen for sale in as many days, the previous a high end workstation.
Re: HacBook Elite – A Fully-functional Mac for $329
#16So how are they handling the fact that their business is violating Apples OSX terms and can be taken down at any time ? Also wondering how the $329 price works, as this seems to be based on HPs Elitebook which are more expensive.
"ships everything needed to start running the latest version of OS X"
So I guess it doesn't come with the actual OS, you'll have to download and install it separately.
Re: HacBook Elite – A Fully-functional Mac for $329
#17Can a company do much business selling hackintoshes? In general isn't Apple pretty aggressive about this sort of thing?
IIRC there was anther company doing this a few years back. Think they got shutdown by apple, but I cant remember the name. I think the company name started with P and was based in South America.
Psystar? (North America) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psystar_Corporation
Re: HacBook Elite – A Fully-functional Mac for $329
#18"Up to 8 GB RAM" ?
Re: HacBook Elite – A Fully-functional Mac for $329
#19Can a company do much business selling hackintoshes? In general isn't Apple pretty aggressive about this sort of thing?
They've been aggressive about going after companies attempting to resell OS X. I doubt they could legally challenge building and selling hardware capable of running OS X. I don't see anything indicating that they're providing Apple's OS with these computers.
Re: HacBook Elite – A Fully-functional Mac for $329
#20Can a company do much business selling hackintoshes? In general isn't Apple pretty aggressive about this sort of thing?
IIRC there was anther company doing this a few years back. Think they got shutdown by apple, but I cant remember the name. I think the company name started with P and was based in South America.
Psystar