On Jul 4, 2010, at 6:23 AM, Norm Rowe wrote:
I'm trying to watch movies Netflick on my G4 Mac but am told I need
an Intel Mac. As I do not have that kind of money is there away
around this?
Silverlight's "installation check" program, contained within the
Silverlight installation "package", checks the machine's model and
rejects PPC Macks and all Hacks.
If you remove the "installation check" program by opening the
"package" and then dragging it to the trash, Silverlight will
install, but it won't work on a PPC Mack.
It will, however, work perfectly well on most Hacks.
The early versions were tied to the E-net port, and device 0 (en0)
was expected, and required.
The more recent versions have relaxed the port requirements, and now
device 1 (en1) and AirPort (en1 or posssibly en2) will work, although
AirPort will give occasional interruptions for optimizing the turn-
around time of the link.
"Watch Instantly" works perfectly on a Gigabyte GA-H55M-S2H with an
i3-530 or 540, which is a pretty cheap Hack, as Hacks go.
Gigabyte, and others, have been updating the BIOSes on their mobos to
incorporate features specifically for running MacOS X.
If the DSDT includes the AMAC variable, then it has the Hackintosh
features already installed.
If not, then these features can be retrofitted to most recent
Gigabyte mobos.
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