You haven't "legally" purchased OSX Mavericks if you are running it on anything except an Apple Branded Macintosh computer.
1: Apple never SELLS OSX upgrades and, in fact, never has.
2: OSX Mavericks Itself is included only in conjunction with the sale of an Apple Macintosh brand computer and is licensed to be used only on that computer.
3: OSX Mavericks upgrade is not for sale and is ONLY downloadable through the Apple OSX App Store, which is supposed to be accessible only to legitimately licensed Apple OSX computers. Any other access would be a form of identity theft.
4: OSX upgrades are only licensed as an extension of the original OSX license that was included in the original installation on legitimately purchased original Apple Macintosh Computers.
5: That OSX license is attached to that computer and may not be transferred to another computer or cloned for use on another computer.
Ergo, no matter how much you try to justify your illegal actions, you have NOT "legally" downloaded, or "purchased" OSX Mavericks for use on your FrankenMac. You are, TheStickman, stealing copyrighted, intellectual property that is not yours to use.
May I suggest you READ the OSX.9 Mavericks Software License and actually understand how wrong your statement is. . . how Obamaesque it is?
You claim to be a "huge OSX fan" but you refuse to reward the people who have put in the hard work to develop OSX and continue to do so. Instead, you give them the finger and steal their work! Do you realize how many billions of dollars Apple has invested in what you blithely claim to have "purchased" (wink, wink)? I have not an ounce of respect for you or your piece of junk computer. . . especially when you sit there and denigrate there pricing because YOU think it's not worth what they ask for it. . . so you steal it instead of paying for it! BAH!
Will Apple go after you? No. Not unless you start manufacturing your CustoMacs and selling them to your friends. Apple hasn't particularly cared what the Geeks were doing as a hobby. . . but just don't try to grow it into a business as a company called Psystar attempted about five years ago . . . unless you really want to know what it feels like to have a legal A bomb land on your head. Psystar had to pay huge damages and attempt to retrieve every Mac clone they sold (not too successful in that endeavor), as well as handing over all profits to Apple (there were none left). All that plus hundreds of thousands in legal costs forced them into bankruptcy.
Psystar tried that "legally purchased" routine, too. . . shipping an upgrade copy of OSX Leopard with their Mac compatible boxes for their customers to "install themselves." The federal judges, both at trial and appellate levels, found Apple's license wording perfectly legal. . . and ruled Psystar's assumption that its customers, because they bought the OSX, COULD "legally" install OSX themselves was okie dokie was NOT legal! Seems to be the same thing you seem to think.
(Sigh) Such a bogus argument, Swordmaker.
I did legally download from the Apple store a valid copy of Mavericks. I did so on a Mac Mini.
Leopard was a free upgrade? Nope. Snow Leopard? Nope. My 1st Macbook had Tiger on it so I can’t go back further. Was Lion free? Nope. Mountain Lion? Nope.
I’ve done nothing illegal. Sheesh. You’re overreaction reminds me of some of the in-artful discussions of Mac Vs PC. I’ve spent thousands of dollars on Macs. Owned iMac, 2 White Macbooks (still have one), 2 Mini’s, and a Timecapsule which is working just fine.
I needed a new studio computer. I built one. I put OSX on it because IMO Windows 7 & 8.1 is a fail for music creation. I didn’t have the $$$ to purchase a new Mac of similar power and upgradeability.
I’m not Psystar. I’ll never have the $$$ they paid lawyers to lose for them lol.
I’m a guy trying to run a music studio out of his home & make a buck. If/when I can afford a equally upgradeable and powerful Mac, I will buy it as I have in the past. Till then rock on, Swordmaker.
Wow... you need to just take a step back and breath. I know the internet is serious business, but wow.