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		downandout on June 8, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: What's new in Xcode 7 No, they can't. You can run mac operating systems on any cheap intel hardware (and in vmware), and you can easily buy used phones/macs on eBay. Google the term Hackintosh or "vmware mac".

Tloewald on June 9, 2015 [–]

I'm not sure Apple would go far out of its way to help such users.

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