Wired News: Mac Hacks Allow OS X on PCs

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[Digital Tech Life] Hackers have found a way to hack PCs to run Mac OSx86. OSx86 was designed to run on Apple’s recently announced Intel based computers, but hackers have had their way with pirated copies of the OS that were sent to participants in the Apple Developer connection.

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 [The Fat Guy] That didn’t take long: However, several enterprising hackers have figured out ways to bypass the security chip and run the developer’s version of MacOS for x86 on any x86-based PC, according to a posting on the Web site of the OSx86 Project. Posters on that site as well as other sites within the Mac community claim to have used the instructions to run Mac OS X on their Intel or AMD PCs, with some posting pictures and videos of x86 PCs booting Mac OS X.I will have my FrankenMac.

[Liewcf.com] Hackers Made OS X Runs On PC | Tech Gadgets Blog - LiewCF.com: They successfully make Apple Mac OS runs on PC, the cheaper and faster .Tien Soon's Blog ·

[Intelliot.com] Elliot Lee’s Blog » Mac OS X on x86 Hardware: First of all, I think your a little mis-informed about how a mac runs in comparison to a pc. The reason that pentiums are blowing past the 4 ghz barrier is because they use little flakey apps like notepad and windows built in calculator to benchmark them, while both apple and amd use unreal tournament which pushes the loads the processors down to the max.

[Microsoft.thepodcastnetwork.com] TPN :: The Microsoft Show » Blog Archive » Mac Hacks Allow OS X on PCs: because the machines will run on Intel microprocessors rather than the PowerPC processor used in current Macs. The hacked version of OSx86 is based on pirated software, which came from copies of the operating system sent to participants in the Apple Developer Connection.

 [Macsurfer.com] MacSurfer's Headline News: "Apple and Microsoft: Still happy together? Roz Ho interview/Roz Ho, general manager of Microsoft's Macintosh Business Unit, spoke with San Jose Mercury News reporter John Boudreau about Microsoft's relationship with Apple."San Jose Mercury News [6-minute podcast] 8/20

[Secure.spymac.com] vijith's Blog: A Wired news article reports that hackers have managed to get Mac OS X running on Dell laptops and other PCs with Intel and AMD processors.

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Posted at August 21, 2005 03:53 PM