Hacked Mac OS X running on PC already!

[wisementradingdotcom]

Check out this story from about
Wired News "the new os x". Do you think Apple wants to be a "software company"?

[CLS2086]

Hi, since one years at least the PPC MAC OS X, was already avaible to run on PC with PearlPC and on AMIGA PPC with MAC-ON-Linux a.K.a.  MOL  :-)
The X86 MAC OS X, is much closer to a Unix with some "MAC" plugin...  :lol:

[Plaz]

From the reading I've done, it only works for the
developer version. Many think the full release will
foil this install, but I wonder for how long?

Plaz

[AntonioX]

I think when OSX for x86 does come out that hack would be there for the people who can do that kind of thing, but not for the normal person who does not know much about computers and things like that, much like runing home brew on a sony psp not every one know how to do it and not every one wants to.

And quite nicely it runs too! :-D

[adz]

Wonder how it will run on my new Athlon64 4000+? :evilgrin:

[_ThEcRoW]

Mac os X was running on x86 with pearpc long time ago. Maybe you refer to the guys that have accomplished to install it on x86 hardware directly?.

[_ThEcRoW]

Oh, i forgot to put the link. Here it goes:
http://www.hardmac.com/niouzcontenu.php?date=2005-08-10

[DonnyEMU]

Let's see what's so new about this.. NeXTSTep (from which the current AppleOS is descended from) was running on a 486 years ago..

Plus the core Unix that the Apple OS is based on Darwin has always been out on a FREE bootable Intel format disc. So what's new news here, nothing except someone broke thru their supposed digital rights management.

Let's face it Apple is now the "iPOD" company and will soon be totally a software company.. One only has to look at their hardware marketshare to see that. If their cool software ran on non-PowerPC platforms, they would and will make a whole lot more money..

[punkpie]

I tried this late last week, on a spare P4 we has around at work, and it works.  And works quite well *but* rosetta the emulation layer simply cant handle any apps that specifically require a G4 or G5.  This throws any intensive video editting tools (such as final cut pro) out of the window but doesn't mean you'll still be able to use apps like photoshop and firefox.

If you want to try you'll also have to endeavour the pain that is installing OSX through PearPC, not a pretty sight.  Especially if you are using Tiger.

 8-)

punkpie wrote:
I tried this late last week, on a spare P4 we has around at work, and it works.  And works quite well *but* rosetta the emulation layer simply cant handle any apps that specifically require a G4 or G5.  This throws any intensive video editting tools (such as final cut pro) out of the window but doesn't mean you'll still be able to use apps like photoshop and firefox.

MacOSX apps compiled for x86

[DonnyEMU]

PearPC is a PowerPC emulator for Intel, we are talking about the full Intel version of OS X I believe here and the story.. Who is gonna wanna run the power pc version of applications on intel.. Why be concerned about rosetta? There will obviously be full intel releases of these applications to go with the intel version of Mac OS X..

It's really silly to think there won't be a final cut pro version for Intel, and saying that the Intel version can't handle it is just ultimate sillyness.. Apple wouldn't move to a platform that they couldn't do the same thing they could do on a G4/G5. Plus there has been professional level video editing tools in Intel machines for years like Avid's tools and let's not forget Adobe Premiere among others..

Apple and Adobe already said that Photoshop for Intel Mac OSX was a simple recompile. I would assume that an application developed in house would be the same since Apple uses it's own compiler tools that support this kinda thing (X-CODE)..

Who is gonna wanna run the power pc version of applications on intel.

Anyone who is currently running OSX on x86 illegaly, as the apps people need are currently PPC only.

[DonnyEMU]

you said it, "ILLEGALLY", they should wait and buy the real thing..

DonnyEMU wrote:
you said it, "ILLEGALLY", they should wait and buy the real thing..

It's not illegal in my country mate.