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   #19. Posted at 12:15 PM on Mar 16th 2006 Edit   Reply
Klopsik206
Is there any contest "How to run OSX on PC"?
THAT would be much more exciting ;-)
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#19, Install UNIX-flavoured Linux distro. Done. Next!  :  Logan[TeamX]  (#20)  «
#19, For what would this be good? Perhaps OS X has a nice GUI, but...  :  BabelHuber  (#21)  «
#19, It's been done, but the lack of drivers mean it has to be a ...  :  Forge  (#24)  «
#24, But when you've got the ideal system with all hardware wo...  :  Acidream  (#27)  «

   #9. Posted at 09:56 AM on Mar 16th 2006 Edit   Reply
sativa
What are the advantages that EFI has over BIOSes ?
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#9, It has DRM.  :  Ruiner  (#13)  «
#13, lol brief but sorta to the point ;)  :  wierdo  (#14)  «
#13, I beg to differ, where in the EFI spec does it state it h...  :  doctorwho  (#16)  «
#16, It's not "just" a DRMed BIOS, that's just one supposed...  :  wierdo  (#17)  «
#17, what are those advantages?  :  sativa  (#22)  «
#22, network aware rootkit from power on  :  Bauxite  (#25)  «
#9, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extensible_Firmware_Interface : ...  :  unmake  (#26)  «

   #23. Posted at 01:35 PM on Mar 16th 2006 Edit   Reply
derFunkenstein
MacRumors is saying that the official solution is available for download, but that the site is getting hammered

http://www.macrumors.com/pages/2006/03/20060316010829.shtml
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   #6. Posted at 09:37 AM on Mar 16th 2006 Edit   Reply
vince
Is it me, or I fail to see the point... "Hey, lets run something unstable and highly vulnerable on my new, costly Mac!". I'm not paying the extra money for a Mac do do this. On the other hand, make Mac OS X run on a PC, now that's an idea! Then I could build myself a much cheaper Mac!!! hehehe
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#6, Actually, I just noticed that it's a dual-boot with WinXP an...  :  vince  (#7)  «
#6, I totally agree with you on that one..let someone figure how...  :  Semper1775  (#18)  «

   #11. Posted at 10:08 AM on Mar 16th 2006, Edited at 10:10 AM on Mar 16th 2006 Edit   Reply
wierdo
This is great news... but lack of 3D acceleration is a problem... I hope someone figures out a way to get that taken care of so games and software that need it will run.
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#11, where does it say that it doesn't have 3D acceleration?  :  sativa  (#12)  «
#12, They tried to install the Catalyst drivers and it didn't ...  :  wierdo  (#15)  «

   #4. Posted at 09:09 AM on Mar 16th 2006 Edit   Reply
nagashi
Now the question is, will MS or Apple put out any patches in the future to disable this.

It'd be damn frustrating to get this working and then have it break after patch tuesday or something.
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#4, I don't see why Microsoft would care as long as you have a l...  :  Norphy  (#8)  «
#4, Both Microsoft and Apple have stated they have no issue with...  :  snowdog  (#10)  «

   #3. Posted at 09:09 AM on Mar 16th 2006 Edit   Reply
Firestarter
can't seem to play the .MOV, something about Quicktime not being able to download an update :(
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#3, play in vlc or quicktime alternative.  :  droopy1592  (#5)  «

   #1. Posted at 09:04 AM on Mar 16th 2006 Edit   Reply
Spleen
First post... WOOHOO!

I can't wait for this bootloader. I've likely got an Intel Mac coming to me for work.
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#1, Keep that first post crap at AnandTech. Thanks.  :  dextrous  (#2)  «
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