Mac OS X Intel hacked to run on standard PCs
Thursday, August 11, 2005 @ 8:10am
http://www.macnn.com/articles/05/08/11/mac.os.x.intel.hacked/

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).

Source/Video: http://www.hardmac.com/niouzcontenu.php?date=2005-08-10



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