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by bad_user 2882 days ago
That you cannot buy a license to MacOS is actually proof for my claims. Another fact is that you cannot run MacOS on non-Apple hardware.

And Bootcamp is nothing more than smoke and mirrors, a checkbox to tick in order for apologists to have amo.

Having used Windows on a MacBook Pro 2016 for two years, my experience has been worse than with a commodity Levono at 1/4 the price.
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aspenmayer 2879 days ago
>That you cannot buy a license to MacOS is actually proof for my claims. Another fact is that you cannot run MacOS on non-Apple hardware.

Given that you were running Windows on your Mac, I gather that your argument is more one related to the licensing issues of running macOS on non-Apple hardware, rather than an argument that it isn't technically possible. In any case, there is this. Curious how the project will be impacted by these new changes. From the article, it seems that in No Security mode the bootloader may be modifiable in the ways that it needs to be for modifications like Clover to work.

Clover EFI bootloader https://sourceforge.net/projects/cloverefiboot/

Features

Boot OS X, Windows, and Linux in UEFI or legacy mode on Mac or PC with UEFI or BIOS firmware

Boot using UEFI firmware directly or CloverEFI UEFI firmware emulation

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beagle3 2882 days ago
I last used boot camp in 2012, and it was fine; buying a MacBook for the purpose of running windows is ... uneconomical, at best. But it does work.

However, could you elaborate on why the fact that you cannot buy an OSX license proves your point that Apple is in the business of selling licenses? I am at loss.

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