Subj : Synchronet can maybe...?
To   : Khelms
From : Darkytoo
Date : Thu Jul 21 2005 08:28 pm

  Re: Synchronet can maybe...?
  By: Khelms to Belly on Thu Jul 21 2005 01:12 pm

 >   Re: Synchronet can maybe...?
 >   By: Belly to Chronos on Wed Jul 20 2005 07:48 pm
 > 
 >  >   Re: Synchronet can maybe...?
 >  >   By: Chronos to Belly on Mon Jul 18 2005 02:53 pm
 >  >
 >  >  >  > I am assuming that they are little-endian, either P4s or similar, s
 >  >  >  > intel-based macs which were released to developers will boot and ru
 >  >  >
 >  >  > But from what I have heard, Intel will put something in the processors
 >  >  > Apple will get that will only allow you to run OSX....
 >  >
 >  > Actually, I heard that it was actually the other way around.  The Intel M
 >  > will have some type of digital signature in hardware which is required fo
 >  > x86-OSX to run, meaning that you will not be able to run OSX on non-Mac
 >  > hardware.  I'm not sure of the specifics of this scheme, though.
 >  >
 >  > I am sure that SOMEONE will hack this behavior out of OSX soon after rele
 >  >
 >  >      o
 >  >     (O)
 >  >    BeLLy
 >  >
 >  >
 > 
 > 
 > 
 >      I wouldn't mind running OSX on my box.
 > 
 > 
 > Kenny
 > Newcity BBS
 > newcity.dynup.net
 > Jefferson City, Mo
 > 
You can right now, somebody ripped off OSX-intel from one of the developer
machines and put it up for download a whole ago, look around and you can find
it pretty easily.  Apple isn't putting up much of a fight to stop it either. 


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