$129 at Apple's online store. Unlike Windows, you can get a five-license family pack for only $199.
Posted on 02/15/2006 10:59:49 AM PST by ShadowAce
A utility has been released that will allow the Intel-oriented version of Apple's Mac OS X operating systems to be run on machines other than the company's own iMac and MacBook Pro. However, the coder behind the patch, Maxxuss, warned that the software is a work in progress and that there's "still a lot of work to do".
That said, for folk who like to "play around", he said, the software will help them get started. The code requires a computer with an SSE3-supporting processor. It also appears geared toward set-ups in which Mac OS X is run alongside another operating system using virtualisation software like VMWare.
The patch contains a modified version of the mach kernel that bypasses the systems Apple has put in place to try and prevent this kind of thing from happening. It also requires the Mac OS X 10.4 DVD bundled with Intel-based iMacs and, soon, MacBook Pros.
Clearly, installing the operating system when you don't own the disc is illegal, and the process almost certainly violates Apple's end-user licence agreement. Just for good measure, the patch's "decrypted system files" probably infringe the notorious Digital Millenium Copyright Act and its European equivalent, the EU Copyright Directive. Future Mac OS X updates may break the patch. You have been warned.
Anyone willing to proceed in such circumstances faces plenty of typing into the command line to attempt to get the OS to install and, ultimately, to boot. ®
Replace the battery, replace the cover, and boot up.
However, if it's OS-related (as I first assumed), then there is another solution, but it involves booting up a LiveCD and using OSS tools to reset the Windows Admin password.
$129 at Apple's online store. Unlike Windows, you can get a five-license family pack for only $199.
LOL
The scary thing is, I'm the go to guy for tech support in my house.
The good thing is, I have a lot of numbers on speed dial.
One thing I learned a long time ago is that the saying "it's easier to ask for forgiveness than persmission" does NOT apply to computers.
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If I don't understand what this is talking about, I shouldn't try this at home?
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Don't worry -- you can use the Anderson bichromatic crossover inhibitor and it'll work just fine.
Actually, Apple went through a couple of years where they licensed the OS.... it just about killed Apple. Apple makes its profit from hardware- just a fact.
Would the disgronificator that I got for my car work just as well as the Anderson bichromatic crossover inhibitor?
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Would the disgronificator that I got for my car work just as well as the Anderson bichromatic crossover inhibitor?
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Yes! Just be careful to get a series 7 model -- the older ones are crap.
Well, at least he didn't do the usual:
but I might actually tempted in buying MACOS for fun if I didnt have to buy their stupid (IMHO) overpriced hardware too. I was gay.
Unless you have a bi-directional passthrough filter.
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