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F.O.A.D.

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On Tue, 04 Feb 2014 07:45:13 -0500, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

On 2/4/14, 2:01 AM, wrote:
On Mon, 03 Feb 2014 21:45:01 -0500, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

So you are saying that if I cobbled up a machine from parts that would
run the Apple OS they would give it to me?

Yeah, you seem like a hackintosh kinda guy.

You didn't answer the question. Does that free OS have to be tied to a
serial number?

Not that I am aware of. I've never had to type in a serial number when
installing an Apple OS, and I've downloaded and installed the same
downloaded OS on more than one computer. Further as I suggested the
hackintosh community is running the latest OS on their non-Apple "mac"
devices.

I bet it senses the CPU ID when you connect and I am sure it looks
when you install it. Even Windows XP and beyond does that.
They used to match your PC profile to the database in Redmond and
rejected activating the install if you had any significant hardware
change. That seemed to go away on XP tho. You still get the nag screen
but if you reenter the 25 digit code it takes it.

If it did that it would not work on hackintoshes