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Sorry, that is wishful thinking on your part and not according to the law. Try reading the software license. This is a binding CONTRACT between you and Apple when you purchase the license which was validated by both a trial court and then validated by the US Court of Appeals in Apple v. Psystar. Here is just one of the pertinent paragraphs:

"Permitted License Uses and Restrictions
A. Single Use License. Subject to the terms and conditions of this License, unless you have purchased a Family Pack or Upgrade license for the Apple Software, you are granted a limited non-exclusive license to install, use and run one (1) copy of the Apple Software on a single Apple-branded computer at a time. You agree not to install, use or run the Apple Software on any non-Apple-branded computer, or to enable others to do so. This License does not allow the Apple Software to exist on more than one computer at a time, and you may not make the Apple Software available over a network where it could be used by multiple computers at the same time. —Apple OSX Leopard Software License

This has been validated by the courts numerous times. You are simply wrong. And no, the principle of "first purchase" does not hold in this case because you bought a license, not the software itself, and you are permitted to sell the license to another party so long as the restricted terms of the license are followed. That has also been tested in the courts.

Be honest and just buy a used Mac and play with that if you want a less expensive Mac. Quit trying to find a weasel way around honesty.

This has been validated by the courts numerous times. You are simply wrong. And no, the principle of "first purchase" does not hold in this case because you bought a license, not the software itself, and you are permitted to sell the license to another party so long as the restricted terms of the license are followed. That has also been tested in the courts.

If you had cared to read, I only mentioned what I found in the FAQs, and as predicted, you show up to set me straight.

I'm glad you posted that as I was going to build a Mac, now it appears I have to buy one, since my numerous PCs do exactly what I need, I guess I shall not build (or buy) a Mac, too bad.

All'Yall remind me of the South Park Episide where Kyle's dad Gerald buys a hybrid.