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So how are they handling the fact that their business is violating Apples OSX terms and can be taken down at any time ? Also wondering how the $329 price works, as this seems to be based on HPs Elitebook which are more expensive.

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They are using the 2009-2010 lower end EliteBooks which means that is also likely that they are using a refurbished stock.

I'm pretty sure this is going to piss off both HP (for showing their logo clearly) and Apple and this is probably not going to last.

There are plenty of "hackintosh" guides out there, anyone who's capable of installing OSX on a non-Apple device has probably better hardware options out there.

And considering that this will never come with a pre-installed OS you aren't saving yourself any trouble buy buying it from them rather than buying the same hardware or newer from any other source.

They claim to be using Sandy Bridge chips so wouldn't they have to be using at least the 2011's?

Then it's the 8460p which you can find for 100-200$ on ebay.

The 2560p also has Sandy Bridge. I believe that's the model shown.

My wife and I both use OSX, Clover 2560ps. I wouldn't claim they're "fully functional" - The video on them is not the best. Lots of bugs in iMovie and sometimes when running 1080p video you get vertical lines on screen, and not contained to the video itself.

Perhaps the guy running this site has solved that issue, but AFAIK I have the best running methods I could find from various Hackintosh communities and guides for the model I use.

This is not the 2560p it doesn't match the images at all. The 2560p was a 12" model with a black plastic under belly, the location and type of ports also matches the 8460p and not the 2560p.

https://www.amazon.com/HP-EliteBook-8460p-XU057UT-Notebook/d...

https://www.amazon.com/HP-Elitebook-2560P-Notebook-Refurbish...

But overall it doesn't matter they are selling 100-200$ refurbished parts for 100% or higher markup with no OSX installed, so overall it's a pretty scam ;)

Although I agree that they will probably be taken down very soon, I don't think the reason is as simple as "violating OS X terms". Assuming they really do provide preinstalled OS X, violating a contract still isn't (necessarily) illegal, it's a matter of civil/common law.

If you sold me a hat with the agreement that I can only wear it on weekends, could you request a takedown of my website with a video of me wearing it on a Tuesday?

>If you sold me a hat with the agreement that I can only wear it on weekends, could you request a takedown of my website with a video of me wearing it on a Tuesday?

Don't think I've seen a funnier analogy for EULAs

"ships everything needed to start running the latest version of OS X"

So I guess it doesn't come with the actual OS, you'll have to download and install it separately.

They are using a 4 year old model (it has a sandybridge processor in it).

Exactly.

Case in point: Psystar [0]

[0] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psystar_Corporation

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