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    OSx86 10.4.4 Security Broken

    OS X on the PC... it's been done already, but then Apple implemented new security measures to stop it being done. However, the latest release of OS X for x86 (i.e. the new Macs with Yonah chips) has now been successfully patched to remove the security.
    What this means is that Apple’s best attempts to secure their OS have, ultimately, failed. For its best efforts, the company is unable to lock OS X to their hardware. Without doubt, this will have profound impacts on the company’s future as running OSx86 on a PC becomes less a hacker’s trick and more mainstream.
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    there are still issues of, for example, driver support.

    especially drivers for the modified unsupported kernel

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    not to mention how useless an OS is without proper support, also i find it very funny that this is "security broken" i was expecting more on that poor security researcher who had his machien compramised (which was considered to be a very well locked down OSx86).

    Apple know they can make it hell for people using OSx86 for anything but "look at me, i've got osx, on an archaic CPU instruction set", and they will. The crackers might be making a name for themselfs but probably not a carier given the law in most countries regarding this sort of thing.
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    I think Apple should just release OSX for PC and have done with it. Release it as a great alternative to Windows and encourage companies to write driver support and then MS OS domination will be slowly eaten away by those realising they can have better
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    No it won't. Companies have no incentive to write drivers for them, and Apple aren't in any sort of position to support the amount of legacy hardware which the Windows platform currently runs on. If Microsoft are going anywhere, OSX on generic hardware won't be what does it.

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    TBH, I don't think the legacy hardware really comes into it, most modern pc's are pretty well supported from the get go as Apple use more and more standard components (intel cpus, ati/nvidia graphics, sata drives, etc etc).

    As it stands OSX will run on most modern systems anyway - the main driver issues so far are to do with sound (3rd parties are looking at hacking some drivers together) and slightly clunky graphics drivers (but that's still an issue on Apple hardware anyhoo, so is very likely to be patched in a point update.).
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    I believe the 'hacking' community see the apparent driver situation as nothing more than a slight obstacle. It is well known that some of these 'hackers' are masters in their own right and can easily bang out drivers that haven't been officially released by the hardware vendors.
    Now that OSx86 has been modified to work with existing PC hardware, modded/hacked drivers wont be far behind.

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    plenty of problems with chipset drivers and networking too...
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    I wonder whether intelmac still needs a custom GFX BIOS, the same way normal macs did

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    I guess we'll find out once the desktop intelmacs turn up..
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    Can finally run OSX on good hardware then.

    Drivers shouldnt be an issue as OSx86 is still *nix.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Noxis
    Can finally run OSX on good hardware then.

    Drivers shouldnt be an issue as OSx86 is still *nix.
    Well a bastardised mach kernel anyway..
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    Wasn't 10.4.5 just released?

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    yup, expect that the be broken in a couple of weeks or so..
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