I do think it will happen eventually. Its like a childproof lock. Yah, it may have taken me a while to get them open when i was five but i got it (I only did it to see if i could figure it out.)
Anyway, in all seriousness, it do not think it will happen until apple starts making an intel OS X box. Right now, there is not reason why anybody should be buying the OS separately from a computer purchase until 10.5. When 10.5 comes along, it will probably happen sooner.
Heh, OS X on a Dell would be pretty cool, just because it would probably piss Mike Dell off. Because of course OS X would make a Dell into a pretty good computer.
If I could be guaranteed that I could run the latest version of OS X on a Dell tower for 4-6 years, then I'd buy a Dell. They're cheaper than Macs and Dell will likely use faster versions of Intel CPUs, like they do now in laptops.
Not that I don't believe you but... Source please?!
Dave
Michael Dell's request to license MacOS X was leaked a few weeks before Steve Jobs announced the switch to Intel processors. I am sure that you can Google the article.
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Originally posted by Rise Above
never, cause dells suck like all other pc companys. dells well never handle it. please they tried it and did not work well.
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Originally posted by hmurchison
If OS X requires EFI to run then wouldn't that make it very difficult to run on a computer that has BIOS?
Don't know. Vista will support EFI. Does anyone know if VISTA beta's already support this?
I also wonder how fast Mandrake, Red Hat and the rest will get loaded on Mac hardware?
Originally posted by hmurchison
If OS X requires EFI to run then wouldn't that make it very difficult to run on a computer that has BIOS?
I suppose it shouldn't be much harder than tricking the OS into not communicating with the hardware copy protection chip.
That's how 10.4.3 got cracked.
I mean, OS X *did* run on BIOS hardware...so whatever Apple removed or whatever Apple added could logically be re-added or removed.
Originally posted by kim kap sol
I mean, OS X *did* run on BIOS hardware...so whatever Apple removed or whatever Apple added could logically be re-added or removed.
Right. By Apple I suppose.
So theoretically, as soon as Apple ships a 64-bit x86 processor, you can have Windows on it (so long as it's the 64-bit edition).
Originally posted by Gene Clean
XP-64 supports EFI. But Yonah is 32-bit.
That's exactly the problem. I am not saying it is impossible, but it should be particularly difficult to get it run.
So theoretically, as soon as Apple ships a 64-bit x86 processor, you can have Windows on it (so long as it's the 64-bit edition).
Or Vista.
Originally posted by BRussell
Eh, there are workarounds for these things. Intel themselves has tricks to fool Windows into using EFI in order to encourage its use.
There's the ol' "emulate BIOS using EFI" trick...but I don't believe Apple's opted for that feature.
Anyway, in all seriousness, it do not think it will happen until apple starts making an intel OS X box. Right now, there is not reason why anybody should be buying the OS separately from a computer purchase until 10.5. When 10.5 comes along, it will probably happen sooner.
Not more than two minutes after making my post, i moved onto http://forums.appleinsider.com/showt...threadid=60219 and, if JLL is correct, than the disc already has intel OS X. Sorry. nevermind
Originally posted by hmurchison
If OS X requires EFI to run then wouldn't that make it very difficult to run on a computer that has BIOS?
I would expect the hackers to use a shim or a custom bootloader (like MOL or ExPostFacto).
Originally posted by Jwink3101
Follow-up:
Not more than two minutes after making my post, i moved onto http://forums.appleinsider.com/showt...threadid=60219 and, if JLL is correct, than the disc already has intel OS X. Sorry. nevermind
The seeds for the Developer Transition Kit is - I don't know if they have "crippled" the install discs that comes with the Intel Macs.
If I could be guaranteed that I could run the latest version of OS X on a Dell tower for 4-6 years, then I'd buy a Dell. They're cheaper than Macs and Dell will likely use faster versions of Intel CPUs, like they do now in laptops.
Originally posted by Junkyard Dawg
Heh, OS X on a Dell would be pretty cool, just because it would probably piss Mike Dell off.
It most certainly would not. Dell as much as invited Apple to license OS X to them. Steve refused. Dell wants OS X.
Originally posted by m01ety
It most certainly would not. Dell as much as invited Apple to license OS X to them. Steve refused. Dell wants OS X.
Not that I don't believe you but... Source please?!
Dave
Originally posted by DaveGee
Not that I don't believe you but... Source please?!
Dave
Michael Dell's request to license MacOS X was leaked a few weeks before Steve Jobs announced the switch to Intel processors. I am sure that you can Google the article.