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post #1 of 9
6/1/06 at 5:03am
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Since I'm waiting for my macbook, i've decided to install the MAC OS on my Sony VGN-B100 laptop. The only thing is my touchpad doesn't work and there's no sound.

Does anybody know of any drivers or any other way of fixing this?
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post #2 of 9
6/1/06 at 5:10am
Well, what you are doing isn't legal, but you can try osx86project.com and see if you can find any drivers there.
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post #3 of 9
6/1/06 at 9:54am
wha? how the hell is this not legal?

are you saying that its illegal for me to put something I OWN into something else that I OWN?

besides, if it wasnt legal, you wouldnt see it in THIS dicussion forum, would you?

mods?
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post #4 of 9
6/1/06 at 11:18am
According the the OSX EULA it is iilegal to put MAC OS on a none MAC Computer. But check out that site they will be galdly to help you just watchout for the jerks.
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post #5 of 9
6/1/06 at 3:40pm
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forget. i just deleted. just to much trouble.
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post #6 of 9
6/1/06 at 10:42pm
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Originally Posted by jacheatamobits
wha? how the hell is this not legal? are you saying that its illegal for me to put something I OWN into something else that I OWN? mods?
i'm not quite sure how u think u would own a hacked version of OS X. simply bc u could take a drill to your laptop and install your own equipment doesn't mean u'd be sane in expecting the manufacturer to honor the warranty. maybe u could copy a screenplay or book, change a few words and sell it as your OWN to someone else w/o expectation of some legal implications?
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besides, if it wasnt legal, you wouldnt see it in THIS dicussion forum, would you?
non-mac os x iterations have been discussed sparingly in the mac section of the forums. if any discussions have come up involving how-to's they've been redirected, edited, or deleted. mentioning that it has been done or whatnot, is common knowledge for anyone following the tech news. discussing how to edit said software or posting download links for example, is something quite different, and won't be tolerated as it may compromise the integrity of this larger website.
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post #7 of 9
6/2/06 at 5:38am
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Originally Posted by triadone
simply bc u could take a drill to your laptop and install your own equipment doesn't mean u'd be sane in expecting the manufacturer to honor the warranty. maybe u could copy a screenplay or book, change a few words and sell it as your OWN to someone else w/o expectation of some legal implications?

These two make no sense, he is neither modifying OSX then expecting apple to provide assitance, nor is he chagnig the name and maybe a few grahpics and selling it as his own OS. He wants to put an item of software that he owns (I hope) onto a computer the he own. To someone who doesn't know the OSX EULA, which most people don't, this is fairly straightdorwardly legal.

It is illegal however, because apple specify that osx may only be installed onto mac hardware- nothing else, sadly.
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post #8 of 9
6/2/06 at 8:53pm
Apple does not sell OS’s without hardware; it sells upgrades to existing Apple OS’s. Even though the upgrade packages can be installed to a blank drive they can’t be installed on non-Apple hardware without hacking the OS at this point in time. So in order to put OSX on non-Apple hardware you have to break the EULA in more than one point. It is definitely illegal to do this in the US and I would guess in most of Europe. What I don’t understand is why there is even an argument about this.
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post #9 of 9
6/3/06 at 12:32am
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Originally Posted by m0e
Apple does not sell OS’s without hardware; it sells upgrades to existing Apple OS’s. Even though the upgrade packages can be installed to a blank drive they can’t be installed on non-Apple hardware without hacking the OS at this point in time. So in order to put OSX on non-Apple hardware you have to break the EULA in more than one point. It is definitely illegal to do this in the US and I would guess in most of Europe. What I don’t understand is why there is even an argument about this.
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Originally Posted by snafle
These two make no sense, he is neither modifying OSX then expecting apple to provide assitance, nor is he chagnig the name and maybe a few grahpics and selling it as his own OS. He wants to put an item of software that he owns (I hope) onto a computer the he own. To someone who doesn't know the OSX EULA, which most people don't, this is fairly straightdorwardly legal. It is illegal however, because apple specify that osx may only be installed onto mac hardware- nothing else, sadly.
as noted already, it CAN'T be installed on a non-mac machine w/o hacks to the install disc, hence the relation to editing a copyrighted/trademarked/intellectual property/etc item and thinking that bc u bought the original disc that u can do what want to the code and call it legal and your own. the hardware example was a literal example of what it basically means to change the code of any proprietary software and think that u can call it your own and expect the company that made it to be just peachy with your behavior. i.e.-u wouldn't do it w/ hardware so why would u expect it to be different w/ software?
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