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can I reformat my win xp laptop and put on lopeard or other mac os. my laptop is about 5 years old
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That's a rather complex thing to do. It depends on the processor, chipset, and other hardware. Not to mention the questionable legality.
legality? I own the comp and mac os? could you expand for me?
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can I reformat my win xp laptop and put on lopeard or other mac os. my laptop is about 5 years old

no as i can almost promise you the drivers will not work correctly, it is against the TOS
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legality? I own the comp and mac os? could you expand for me?

When you purchased the Mac OS disc it has a little legal note that states, "can only be used on apple products" or something like that. Basically, when you purchase the disc, you agree to those terms.
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I believe there is something called Hackintosh, but we're not allowed to discuss on this forum as I believe it is a form of piracy


but Apple has their OS's locked to their products, it shouldn't work anywhere else.
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I believe there is something called Hackintosh, but we're not allowed to discuss on this forum as I believe it is a form of piracy


but Apple has their OS's locked to their products, it shouldn't work anywhere else.

Its not really piracy, unless you don't own a copy of the OS. The issue is the legality of the EULA.
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Its not really piracy, unless you don't own a copy of the OS. The issue is the legality of the EULA.
Yeah, though even if the EULA's validity is currently under dispute, it still stands up in a court of law, and it's unlikely that we'd be within forum rules if we were to help him bypass the EULA.

Though my advice is, Google.

-Matt
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