Yes, Apple stores are set up like computer labs, with tables and stools. The employees at my local store are great about letting folks experiment. I poked around on a Mac for two hours one day before I made the decision to switch. I also played with a friend's Mac. He had had no idea about Voiceover.
Teresa “Outside of a dog, a book is a man’s best friend. Inside of a dog, it’s too dark to read.”—Groucho Marx On Apr 2, 2014, at 12:39 PM, Chris Blouch <cblo...@aol.com> wrote: > There used to be things called a Hackintosh which was basically OSX installed > on a generic PC. There were even companies which would sell you one but they > have pretty much all been sued out of existence. Apples OSX license doesn't > let you install on non-Apple hardware since, at some level, it's the software > that sells the hardware. From what I recall, even if you attempted it, you > had to have the latest gee whiz PC parts before it would work so the cost > savings wasn't all that substantial. You couldn't just clean off some old > clunker from the basement and get it to install. > > CB > > On 4/2/14 3:01 PM, Chris Apple boy wrote: >> See because Mac Os X is only available in the Mac App Store it is now >> impossible to purchase it for devices other than a mac. So even if it wasn't >> illegal you still have the restrictions and Apple certainly reinforces these >> by only making it available in the Mac App Store. >> >> Regards Chris >> >> Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof! >> >> On 02/04/2014 18:48, alberto wrote: >>> Hi, even with a bought copy you have those restrictions. >>> On Apr 2, 2014, at 11:24 AM, Scott Duck <scottduck1...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Chris, >>>> You very well may be correct and it may be illegal any way that you do it, >>>> if it is even possible. However, just so there is no confusion, I wasn't >>>> talking about pirating it. I assume that, if I were to purchase a copy of >>>> OSX, I could legally install it on anything that I like, just as one can >>>> install Windows on a Mac if they own the copy of Windows that they are >>>> installing. However, it may not even be possible to purchase OSX without a >>>> Mac. Probably isn't, now that I think about it, as I don't think that they >>>> sell it on CD any more. Anyway, just didn't want you to think that I was >>>> trying to do something that I shouldn't. >>>> Thanks, >>>> Scott Duck >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>>> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Chris Apple boy >>>> Sent: Wednesday, April 2, 2014 11:12 AM >>>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>>> Subject: Re: Simulating a Mac on a PC >>>> >>>> I'm sure this is actually illegal under the Apple License terms for Mac Os >>>> X >>>> but someone can prove me wrong if they like. >>>> >>>> Regards Chris >>>> >>>> Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof! >>>> >>>> On 02/04/2014 16:17, Scott Duck wrote: >>>>> Hi, >>>>> >>>>> Is there a relatively easy way to run OSX in a virtual environment on a >>>> PC? >>>>> I know that, doing it that way, I wouldn't get the stability of a Mac >>>>> but it would give me a taste of using one. And, by relatively easy, I >>>>> don't mean in 246 easy steps. LOL >>>>> >>>>> Thanks, >>>>> >>>>> Scott Duck >>>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> > > -- > ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
