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08/11/2005, 8:10am, EDT
Thursday, August 11th
Mac OS X Intel hacked to run on standard PCs
At least one user has managed to hack Apple's Mac OS X for Intel authentication scheme, which was design to prevent users from running Mac OS X Intel on non-Mactels. MacBidouille reports that the Apple Developer kit version of Mac OS X x86, released to developers in early June, has been "hacked" to work with a PC notebook. The report includes a video showing Mac OS X x86 booting natively on a Pentium M 735-based notebook. In recent weeks, several reports have surfaced noting that Apple has tried to use a special authentication scheme using a special TPM chip (Trusted Platform Module) to prevent Mac OS X from running on third-party computers. The report noted that users were 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).
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Are there any developers with a copy out there who can set the record straight?
I'd love to be as cheerful as others and say that Mac marketshare and mindshare will increase as a result of people figuring out how to install OS X on their PC...but since all of this will be underground activity, it won't be compiled in the marketshare figures nor acknowledged as mindshare.
Yes. Since you can only install OS X on these machines--without a hack that is--for all intent and purprose it's not a "standard pc"
If this is true, will be great to build an AMD machine and have superior performance and the superior OS!