[Haskell]

> They require either A. OS X to be hacked to run on the machines (aka: your pirated copy)

Hacked != Pirated.

I am planning to use a hacked MacOS X for IPhone development and I will buy the OS. That's fine, I can pay for the software.

I simply can't afford their overpriced desktop hardware. (The iPhone is reasonably cheap compared to their desktops).

Edit: I don't know why this has been down voted. Maybe I should say that what adds to Apple's desktops cost, besides their premium for the brand, is the importation tax for items over $500 here. As high as 60%. With this tax, I can simply buy the software and assembly the hardware from commodity parts myself.

[Zev]

Theres an overwhelmingly large majority of the people who dont know enough in order to to hack os x and instead pirate a hacked copy. But hey, if you do know enough to hack it, kudos to you.

Though if you're going by the "I bought a legit copy. I should be able to download it in modified forms if I want to" argument, then thats grayer then I would like. Especially if I'm developing for a platform that's controlled by the company that I'm pirating from.