KZK wrote:
www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2137787/security-chip-block-non-macs
Security chip to limit OS X to Macs
Apple looking to keep operating system from running on third-party hardware
Tom Sanders in California, vnunet.com 13 Jun 2005
Apple could use the Trusted Platform Module (TPM) chip to ensure that
only Mac computers can run its OS X operating system, according to a
news analysis from Gartner.
The TPM is an open industry standard governed by the Trusted Computing
Group, a non-profit organisation which develops security standards.
The chip is used to securely store and encrypt information. Because each
chip has a unique identifier code, it could also be used to distinguish
a Mac computer from a model made by Dell or any other Windows vendor.
Apple revealed last week that it is to switch from IBM's Power PC
architecture to Intel's x86 models. The first Intel computers are
expected to be available before June 2006 and Apple's entire product
line will have switched architectures by 2007, the company said at its
annual World Wide Developers Conference.
With Macs and Windows machines sharing the same hardware platform, users
could theoretically install any software on the PCs, running Windows on
a Mac or OS X on a Dell.
But Apple has stated that it would prevent users from installing OS X on
non-Mac hardware.
Dang. Putting OS X on a Dell would be Way Cool from where I sit....
Julia
near Round Rock, Texas
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