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Macwindows.com ^ 3/24/06 UnknownPosted on 03/24/2006 4:53:26 PM PST by Vermonter
Hackers boot a Dell with Mac OS X (Intel). March 24, 2006 -- Unidentified programmers have hacked the Intel version of Mac OS X to enable it to boot a Dell PC. A file called the 'JaS4.2b patch' can be used to create a customized installer DVD for installing on a Dell PC.
A website called MacaDell describes the patch. The MacDell site has also has a page that describes how to use the JaS4.2b patch to create a customized installer disc for Mac OS X.
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Using the hack is illegal because it breaks Apple’s Mac OS X license agreement, which specifies that the operating system be run on an “Apple-labeled computer.”
According to MacaDell, work on the hack began when a Russian hacker known as Maxxuss cracked the encrypted security layer in Mac OS X that usually requires the software to be installed on a certain Mac model. Other hackers added to the work, and a programmer known as JaS put the work together in the JaS4.2b patch.
The hack emulates the EFI boot firmware found in Intel-based Macs. It also emulates an instruction set called SSE3 in order to support processors older than the Dual Core used in the Intel Macs. MacaDell reports that the hack doesn’t work on every computer, and doesn’t support some functions, such as wireless networking and certain audio and video cards.
At this point, the Intel version of Mac OS X is only available with the purchase of an Intel-based Mac.
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down goes Apple... I'd use OS X if I didn't have to buy their over priced hardware.
I might do this myself someday but I'm not in a rush because I can't think of much reason to use the Mac OSX. But it sounds like a cool project.
Question is, why would you want to? Aren't there easier ways to mess up a PC? I mean, in theory at least you could simply take the PC out to the shooting range and a couple dozen rounds of 308 ammo....
I just got a last-edition PPC iMac for my kids, and it is literally a beautiful experience.
It'd be nice ot see OSX hummin' on my dual core AMD 4400 with x1900xt ATI vid card as opposed to simply loping along this dual core Intel iMac with its feeble ATI x1600...
How would this affect perfromance of graphics chips and other hardware?
Would Tiger recognize all devices and cards?
I just have to wonder; does Apple actually support this in some sort of flavor? I mean, theres a small army out there hacking Apples OS for use on 'other' hardware than what is 'approved'. All the while, it's being done for free..
Well, for starters, it probably only runs on Intel-based systems (so my AMD would be out of luck.) As for vid cards, I'd be reasonably sure it would work with most recent ATI cards (as the Catalyst drivers, on the whole, are the same) since Apple's been using thoe for ages; I'd be less sure abou Nvidia or Intel integrated graphics. As for sound and such, since Apples doesn't support add-in sound cards (a la Sound Blaster) they probably wouldn't function since there wouldn't be a driver, obviously, to support them. But most USB devices probably function fine and then you're really just left with how well would the networking functions operate--I'd be willing to guess that most, basic, intgrated networking cards woulud work fine (but that's only a guess.) Believe me, if I had an Intel box laying about, I'd be doing this right now :(
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'down goes Apple ...'
Yeah, it's not like anyone could make money just selling operating systems.
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Me wantum!
The range here locally frowns on this. I just happen to have....heard this from someone.
I don't understand why Apple doesn't make a crossover OS for PC's. Still keep their Apple hardware, but expand to the PC market as well. Those Apple lunatics will still buy the Apple hardware.
In other news, Windows XP boots on Intel Macs
http://forums.appletalk.com.au/index.php?showtopic=17762
Really? I'd buy their hardware if I didn't have to run their OS on it.
Ubuntu linux is a better choice and it's absolutely free.
Apple right now has a finite and small universe of devices and drivers to test. That's comfy and easy and they like it.
Presuming they run equally well on a given set of hardware, there's no way Ubuntu beats OSX 10.4. Not yet.
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Mac Daily News ^ 12/15/2008 12:18PM
Posted on 12/15/2008 12:49:59 PM PST by Swordmaker
Apple today released Mac OS X 10.5.6 which is recommended for all users running Mac OS X Leopard and includes general operating system fixes that enhance the stability, compatibility and security of your Mac.
What's new:
• Address Book
- Improves reliability of Address Book syncing with iPhone and other devices and applications.
• AirPort
- Improves the reliability of AirPort connections, including improvements when roaming in large wireless networks with an Intel-based Mac.
• Client management
- Improves reliability of synchronizing files on a portable home directory.
- Fixes an issue in Mac OS X 10.5.4 and 10.5.5 in which managed users may not see printers that use the Generic PPD.
- Client computers that use UUID-based ByHost preferences now respect managed Screen Saver settings.
• iChat
- Addresses an issue that could cause an encryption alert to appear in the chat window.
- Setting your iChat status to 'invisible' via AppleScript no longer logs you out of iChat.
- Resolves an issue in which pasting text from a Microsoft Office document could insert an image rather than text.
• Graphics
- Includes general improvements to gaming performance.
- Includes graphics improvements for iChat, Cover Flow, Aperture, and iTunes.
- Includes fixes for possible graphics distortion issues with certain ATI graphics cards.
• Mail
- Includes overall performance and reliability fixes.
- Improves Connection Doctor accuracy.
- Fixes an issue that could cause messages identified as junk to remain in the inbox.
- Fixes an issue that could cause Mail to append a character to the file extension of an attachment.
- Addresses an issue that could prevent Mail from quitting.
- Improves reliability when printing PDF attachments.
• MobileMe
- Contacts, calendars, and bookmarks on a Mac automatically sync within a minute of the change being made on the computer, another device, or the web at me.com.
• Networking
- Improves Apple File Service performance, especially when using a home directory hosted on an AFP server. Important: If you are using Mac OS X 10.5.6 (client) to connect to a Mac OS X Server 10.4-based server, it is strongly recommended that you update the server to Mac OS X Server version 10.4.11.
- Improves the performance and reliability of TCP connections.
- Improves reliability and performance for AT&T 3G cards.
- Updates the ssh Terminal command for compatibility with more ssh servers.
• Printing
- Improves printing for the Adobe CS3 application suite.
- Improves printing for USB-based Brother and Canon printers.
• Parental Controls
- Addresses an issue in which a parentally-controlled account could be unable to access the iTunes Store.
- Includes general fixes for time limits.
- Resolves an issue that prevented adding allowed websites from Safari via drag and drop.
• Time Machine
- Fixes issues that could cause Time Machine to state the backup volume could not be found.
- Improves Time Machine reliability with Time Capsule.
• Safari
- Improves compatibility with web proxy servers.
• General
- Includes Mac OS X security improvements. See this website for more information.
- Addresses inaccuracies with Calculator when the Mac OS X language is set to German or Swiss German.
- Improves the performance and reliability of Chess.
- Improves DVD Player performance and reliability.
- Performance improvements for iCal are included.
- Fixes an issue when running the New iCal Events Automator action as an applet.
- Adds a Trackpad System Preference pane for portable Macs.
- Improves compatibility with smart cards such as the U.S. Department of Defense Common Access Card.
- Updates time zone data and Daylight Saving Time rules for several countries.
Mac OS X 10.5.6 is available via Software Update and also as standalone installers.
More info and download links:
• Mac OS X 10.5.6 Combo Update - 669MB
• Mac OS X 10.5.6 Update - 372MB
• Mac OS X Server Combo 10.5.6 - 883MB
• Mac OS X Server 10.5.6 - 469MB
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Looks like a wide-ranging update. Good stuff, especially the graphics improvements.
In my experience people who use Apple are less likely to use it for porn than PC users.
I guess that would depend on the content being viewed at the time. Most houses have more than 1 computer nowadays so.........
If an Apple crashed in the woods and it had no user-base around to hear it....
Been downloading for over an hour!! And, I’ve got high speed DSL!
For parental controls I have a request. I go to one of my kids’ accounts and click Parental Controls to change those controls for that kid. But when I get to PC I’m at the main PC dialog and have to select the kid again to change things. It should go straight to that kid’s parental controls.
Obviously, OS X is doing well for me if I have to resort to nit-picking complaints like that.
Microsoft Offers Seadragon App for iPhone/Touch iPod
A free product from MSFT.
We are in the endtimes.
I never wait. The system just pops up telling me when its ready to install*. You can't be waiting on something if you didn't tell it to start doing something in the first place. :)
Big improvement over Windows. You only see a bouncing updater icon that never interferes with any of your current work until YOU decide to go click on it. I want to bash in a computer when anything steals focus. Ever accidentally hit OK on a Windows dialog that you didn't want to because that dialog popped up and stole focus while you were typing something else?
...it would still suck less than Windows.
You may want to rethink that “high speed” description. I’m on 3 Mbps ADSL and downloaded the update (380MB or so) in about 15 minutes.
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I thought Macs were already perfect. At least that is what Apple’s commercials imply.
We may have a problem here, it may be stuck on the ‘Configuring installation’ step. I have 3 systems being upgraded right now: Aluminum Macbook, MacBook Pro, and Mac Pro. The 1st breezed right through the install, but the 2nd and 3d have hung on the ‘Configuring installation’ step.
It isn’t that Macs are perfect, it is just that Microsoft set the bar so low...
I was amazed I got that far into the thread before someone made this comment.
Being better than Windows /= perfect. Not by a long shot.
Yummy more updates...hope this fixes the FireFox crashing all the time when viewing pictures and videos...on YouTube fer instance...NOT those “other” websites...
Why does porn require a less stable platform? Does that make it more fun?
Given the, uh, viruses and trojans you might see on websites of ill repute, I'd bet the Apple would actually be a better computer for porn.
BTW, just how did you acquire this experience?
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