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BartMan01:

--- Quote from: MrHaugen on September 14, 2012, 04:36:27 pm ---Most people will not run virtual machines on their HTPC's, or purchase illegal machines that run OSx. Most things can be done in one way or another. Legal or Illegal. I just thought it was a waste of time bringing it up :P Does anybody really run OSx as a virtual guest on a HTPC for anything but the experiment it self?? What can possibly be the benefit? If you REALLY want to go away from Windows, you'll have to go for ESX, and that does not support OSx, does it? I've just played with workstation and server version of VMWare my self.

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I was personally referring to the fairly widespread use of running OSX on non-Apple hardware, not running VM's or purchasing 'illegal machines'.  Whether running a legally purchased copy of OSX on a non-Apple PC is 'illegal' is a topic similar to ripping Blu Rays or DVDs.  In most cases people do this (run OSX on non-apple hardware) because the user needs or wants a 'desktop' class PC, but does not want the 'all in one' iMac and can't justify spending a few thousand extra dollars for the now woefully out of date Mac Pro line.  There is a market segment that Apple is ignoring, and that segment is filling the gap themselves by running OSX on their 'regular desktop'.

MrHaugen:
I've never heard of anyone I know of that is using OSx on "normal" PC's. That's why I though it was rather rare. I heard of one company selling computers with OSx, but they got taken down rather fast. Hence the "illegal machines" comment. Btw, ripping DVD and Bluray for personal use is not illegal in all countries.

rlebrette:
FYI, personal copies are prohibited in France as soon as the media is using a copy protection system.

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