I stumbled across a popular buzzword just a few days ago: OpenMac, a promising base operating system that is ready to be obtained from a company called Psystar in a bundle with an “Open Computer”. Based on this, customers are able to install MacOS Leopard on a simple Intel / x86 hardware:

With the EFI V8 emulator it is possible to install Leopard’s kernel straight from the DVD that you purchased at the Apple store barring the addition of a few drivers to ensure that everything boots and runs smoothly

Psystar is marketing this as a cheaper and more expandable alternative to a genuine Apple Mac. I don’t know what these machines are capable of. We all think: Hopefully, finally, a legal MacOS Clone might hit the scene. Perhaps it will help people who don’t want to afford expensive Apple hardware to run Apple software on their cheap machines?

Actually, the OpenMac company Psystar clone is close to a Cease and Desist order tasked by Apple. Which basically means that Apple will make use of their copyright rules included in Leopards License Agreement:

You agree not to install, use or run the Apple Software on any non-Apple-labeled computer, or to enable others to do so.

Let’s wait and observe. Surely Apple will not tolerate that. Either by weapons of law or by technical regulations [That means non-compatible updates].

BTW: There is another open source project called “OpenMac” powered by Meshnetics, but this one regards to the Medium Access Control Layer and not to the Apple computer.