Does that make it a Mac still? You could literally replace almost every component in a Mac except for the motherboard and have it still be a Mac, but shouldn't the converse be true as well? If I used the original case, hard drive/SSD, video card, keyboard & mouse, even the CPU, but replaced just the logic board (swapping the ROM/EFI/SMC somehow), it seems to me it would still be considered a Mac. Particularly if in the process the original logic board was rendered inoperative to head off any claims of duplicate license use.
> Does it violate Apple's EULA? > > No! We only directly use those parts of Darwin that are released as fully free software.
How can it be permissible to buy software and not be allowed to use it on whatever you own? You own both. It's like DRM without the actual protection.
I suppose that could be a gate to prevent people from installing on more machines than the license allows if done at scale. But doesn't lock out legit reinstalls from paying customers. For a cost to MS, to employ that staff.
This is what makes a big difference with doing business with Google and having to deal with bots instead.
I’m still regularly hit with “Activate your account” when I run my windows partition from parallels because the “hardware” has changed!