any reasons not to switch to MacBook?

I was looking for a cheap broken Mac Mini people often sell for parts. I cannot find one at the moment. I can buy the Mac Mini with the software, so it is a legal purchase. Take the software and run it on a Windows computer. This is a legal copy of Mac OSX. If I buy it, I do not see why I cannot put it on my computer. I forgot to mention I will recycle the broken Mac Mini so it will only be used on one computer.

 

Because the EULA (which you, Homer Jay Thompson (or whatever your real name is agreed to) states that the legal copy of Mac OS X can only be installed onto an Apple-branded computer. If you agree to it, then you must follow it.

There should be no discussion here. NBR does not support any illegal activity, whether that be using pirated software or downloading copyright music. You cannot use Mac OS X legally on a non-Apple branded computer. What else is there to discuss?

 

Actually, the EULA says OS X must be run on an "Apple-labeled computer". Unless and until a court rules otherwise, I will interpret this to include any computer with an Apple label. So if you don't have a labelmaker, I'd just use a pen, paper, and tape.

 

Its more specific than that, its more like "Apple-branded" computer. So no, sticking a computer on your Thinkpad does not make it authorized to run Mac OS X .

And if you try to draw an Apple logo on they can sue you for misuse of trademark .

 

Nope, it's an "Apple-labeled computer". I checked.
http://www.apple.com/legal/sla/

No need to draw. I'd just write the word "Apple".

I don't know why the CNET video claims that sticking an Apple sticker on a Thinkpad doesn't count. I don't agree with that -- and I certainly don't consider CNET any kind of authority.

 

Well, you can try to evade the EULA if you want , but once again, NBR does not support illegal activity and in all cases NBR and Apple consider running Mac OS X on a non-Apple computer to be illegal because you agreed that you would not do such a thing when you agreed to the EULA. There is no more discussion necessary here.

 

I never suggested evading the EULA at all. In the EULA you agree not to run OS X on an Apple-labeled computer. As long as your computer has an Apple label, it's fine. You can read the EULA yourself at the link I provided above.

 

Actually that may not work anyway. For each Mac that Apple sells the install disc included will only work on that specific Mac. You can't even use the install disc for an iMac on a Macbook. It's not the standard retail install disc.

 

I thought only Dell did that. I think Apple is taking lessons from Dell.

 

I did it! MacBook with 3year applecare. I love it,
Ordering BestSkinsEver, full body.
thanks for all the help and info.

 

Congrats yourtoys7!! Hope you like your new MacBook.

 

Wait, Sam, aren't you forgetting to post something?

 

Hmmm... something's missing from your post Sam.

Aha! I'm not the only one now. Where's the 2 prized links for Mac newbies?

 

Haha! I think I've posted them here before , but once again (I should count how many times I do this ) I recommend two articles for switchers that help in the transition from Windows to Mac (I must drive a lot of traffic to those webpages ):

http://www.apple.com/support/switch101
http://www.apple.com/support/mac101

 

Sam
I guess that would be for me! thanks.

 

if I can use run commands. I haven't used icons in windows for years and I don't want to start now. Skinning windows is so easy, but I have no experience on the mac side. Foobar2000 and EAC are killer apps.

I want to get a macbook.... I just need to know how to use run commands, skinning, and a replacement to foobar.

 

If you like to use run commands, you're in luck. OSX's system for running apps based on the keyboard is much more robust than Window's. Spotlight by default accomplishes this to some degree, but there's also a utility called Quicksilver which pretty much every Mac user has...

The most basic of functions would be to let you type in the beginning of any file and run it - except you can do anything you want to that file too...hard to explain, but it's basically a dream come true for people who like to use the "run" or 'run as" features in Windows

 

Quicksilver is a godsend. If you've ever used Launchy (or some other application launcher) on Windows, it's like that, but more powerful, as you also have some amount of integration with applications, and the ability to do basic file operations (move, copy, etc).

If you want to do specific command-line things, then you've got your bash shell. I'm not sure about a foobar replacement. Mac programs in general tend to feel like they're pulling you away from the lower functions of your computer (filesystems, etc), and more towards a higher level stuff -- managed, tagged, don't-worry-about-the-actual-files music players will be more common.