Intel Mac OS restricted

In a report published today, CNET News.com confirmed the existence of the TPM module (trusted platform module) in Mactels, Apple's Intel-based Power Macs. Members of Apple's Developer Connection were seeded with Intel-based Power Macs, following the Intel-shift announcement at Apple's WWDC conference in June. The report confirms that Intel-based Macs systems contain a digital signature necessary to install Mac OS X, following . The article notes that users are able to install other operating systems such as Windows and Linux on Intel-based Macs, but that it was not possible to install from the DVD containing the Intel-based Mac OS X on similar x86-based PCs (i.e., systems that lacked a TPM). The new chip would prevent users from purchasing generic PCs and installing copies of Mac OS X for x86, preserving Apple's control over the total hardware/software "Mac" solution.

by MacNN Staff