At 1:16 AM +0100 02/20/2006, Peter Udbjørg wrote:
The Register has it right.
The x86 Macs are simply computers, just like=20
Wintel boxes. Right now, the only real diff in=20
the hardware is that the Macs use EFI and the=20
Wintel boxes use BIOS. If hackers can wedge BIOS=20
support into OS X then (+/- a few other issues)=20
it will run on standard wintel boxes.
But is a Macintel an x86 machine? Or how is this?
Microsoft and Intel have jointly defined the
standard PC (x86) platform. The spec docs are
available via microsoft.com and intel.com. That
platform spec talks about which buses are
supported, how they talk to the x86 processor,
etc. Since Apple has included very little
proprietary hardware in the x86 Macs, they
actually conform to the PC spec fairly well.
That's why the recent alpha & beta-test x86 OS X
could be booted on so many generic x86 boxes.
And that's why, once MS Windows Vista supports
EFI, it will bootable on the x86 Macs.
What we want is Mac OS X.
If we can have it on without the $$$$$ hardware, ...
Yes, lets have OSX on cheap ugly boxes with no
support for either machine nor peripherals...
Obviously, there are trade-offs.
Personally, I'd rather have OS X on a cheap ugly
box than pay thru the nose for a new Mac. Many
of my clients feel that way too - that's why they
run 7300s,Smurfs, etc. Besides, that ugly box
lives under the desk - where noone sees it except
the cat.
- Dan.
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