Hey... that’s pretty good
But most people can’t do that Hackentosh hacking
Your Dell 8400 is obviously an “Apple quality” computer and would run Leopard just fine without any hacks. Except that Apple has purposely crippled its OS so it runs only on a computer you buy from Apple
It’s called a profitable business model.
You could tinker with it, cut some revenue from hardware, increase some support costs, charge more for the OS and the bundled apps, compete on the low end, etc... build a different business model.
I don’t think you can simplify it to crippling to force suckers to.. yada yada.
I have a choice and I feel I get more value for the Macs I buy than the WinTel boxes.
Your mileage may vary.