There are several options out there if you wan to run Mac OS X on your non-Apple labelled computer, but one of them appears to be in serious trouble. It has been uncovered that the EFI-X module is nothing more than a USB stick with a DRM chip, with code from the hackintosh community on it - without attribution. On top of that, its firmware update utility uses LGPL code - again, without attribution.
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Member since:2009-08-26
The problem with the powerpc was that it wasn't advancing as fast as the x86 when it comes to power efficiency. Notebooks outsell desktops and switching to intel gave them not only cooler cpus but at a cheaper price.
But yea I agree that they should tie the hardware to the software if they really want to stop people from doing this. At the very least they could raise the price of the retail OS and then provide a rebate for those who send in proof of hardware purchase.
They also need to provide a netbook since that seems to be a pretty common use of the hackintosh.
Member since:2009-09-02
Part of the joy of owning a Mac is that I don't have to prove to Apple that I purchased the OS. If I install Windows I have to enter a serial number and the computer has to connected to the internet which is a pain sometimes. I have spent hours looking for the correct MS serial number for a particular OS. With my macs I just pop in a DVD and load the OS. I like it that way and I don't want to change that just because some jerk thinks that because apple sells their OS for a inexpensive price it gives them the right to sell their own brand of OSX computer. If you want a Mac, buy a Mac. If you don't want a Mac buy something else. Use Linux and make it better, just don't make OSX worse for people who bought Macs.
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2005-07-27
Here, here! Apple opened up a WHOLE can o' worms, by going to the Intel platform! Had they simply used the Intel CPU, but otherwise made the computer NOT just a standard PC (which you can verify by inserting a Windows Vista DVD and rebooting to the DVD drive), I am sure all this "hacking" wouldn't even be an issue.
People can say what they like about PowerPC being inferior, but life was a lot simpler for Apple before Jobs started making Apple PCs, that natively run MacOS X... AND Windows!
Apple says the same themselves (in their ad)...
"Hello, I'm a Mac."
"And I'm a PC."
"I'm *ALSO* a PC"
Bingo!
Doesn't get much clearer than that. Apple now makes PC's. The only difference is you pay Apples prices for Apple's look and MacOS X. But it's the exact same hardware underneath.
I just don't jive with that, yaknow?