[dayglored]

Ya know, I have a long history of hacking computer hardware and software to do things not originally intended by the manufacturer -- going back to my KIM-1 in 1976 and a copy of Microsoft BASIC 6502 on cassette tape.

So I can easily imagine that, if I didn't have Apple hardware these days, but instead had some generic x86 hardware sitting around, that I'd try to make OS-X run on it.

I admire the hacking spirit (in the original old sense of "hack"), and proudly call myself a hacker in that sense.

But I would never go past that limit, and:

1. Manufacture and sell Hacintoshes.

2. Claim righteousness while doing so.

That's where I think Psystar is out of line. And deserves to get slapped down hard.

This stalling routine is just crap. They deserve to die and will eventually.

[itsahoot]

That's where I think Psystar is out of line.

Phystar has some very powerful silent partners, I am afraid. This was just a probe bye some unnamed boys with deep pockets.

[ReignOfError]

Agreed on all counts. Apple has not gone after Hackintosh hobbyists — anyone with one of those *knows* it’s a hack, so if it fails to perform smoothly, that doesn’t harm Apple’s reputation. It might even help Apple in the long run by letting tech-savvy hobbyists have a taste of OS X.

Selling pre-packaged “Macs,” on the other hand, clearly hurts Apple’s reputation. When they don’t work as well as advertised, which is all but inevitable, users gulled into buying a Hackintosh will tell all their friends that Macs suck.