[X4U] OSX hacked to run on current PCs

[Hector Luna]

I'm not in the "know" so I may be way off target with this, but I
think they've only managed to hack the preview version that Apple
released for developers. From what I recall reading about their plans
for the production or "full retail" version of OS X for x86 is that
they're going to be relying on a series of measures to make sure it
only runs on Apple hardware.

The developer version was put together to run on existing x86
architecture and the TPM solution that was circumvented by the hackers
may not be one of, or only part of, the measures that Apple will use
to ensure that the OS only runs on their hardware.

More on the TPM issue from Wired:

"The hacked OSx86 bypasses a chip, the Trusted Platform Module, or
TPM, that is intended to prevent the system from running on ordinary
PCs.

"We have even gone so far as to remove the TPM kernel extension called
AppleTPMACPI.kext entirely," said cmoski. "

http://www.wired.com/news/mac/0,2125,68501,00.html?tw=wn_story_page_prev2

On 8/12/05, T.L. Miller <tlmiller at mac.com> wrote:
> On 8/12/05, at 9:56 AM, Steve Self, <steveself at mac.com> said:
> 
> >May be too soon to tell, but I think Jobs and company are going to
> >have to do much better keeping the wintel hackers out of OSX. After
> >all, many PC people might try running a lightly hacked OSX on a $300
> >Dell box.  And as they are so used to crashes and lock-ups from XP
> >and Longhorn, the hacked OSX might perform in a similar shaky
> >manner... Leading them to think that OSX is not that big of a deal.
> >They would skip the experience of using it on Apple hardware and
> >therefore miss the whole stable-smooth-aesthetic experience.
> 
> Since neither a final Mactel version of OS X or the Apple-engineered
> hardware designed to run it is available, it ought to be too soon.
> Developments like this may help Apple make the adjustments they need to make.
> 
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