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More Mac OS X on Plain Old x86 Boxes

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the i-don't-hardly-believe-it dept.

Slashfan writes "It has been widely reported all over the Internet that it is extremely easy to get the Intel port of Mac OS X to run on regualar PC boxes. Some of the hackers are running the tweaked version of the operating system on their PCs natively." Pardon my skepticism ;)

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  1. pardon? by Madd+Scientist · · Score: 5, Funny

    skepticism ignored... but emoticons? there is no excuse.

    1. Re:pardon? by tsm_sf · · Score: 2, Funny

      He was a respectable jazz musician before that song... just had his entire body of work eclipsed by a throwaway pop jingle. A lesson for us all, truly.

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    2. Re:pardon? by Vengie · · Score: 2, Funny

      This humor attempted without a net.


      Annette/? What does SHE have to do with it?

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  2. Call me when by Winckle · · Score: 5, Funny

    they get it running on toasters

  3. Duck! by rapturizer · · Score: 5, Funny

    I hear the sound of incoming Apple Lawyers.

    1. Re:Duck! by Enrique1218 · · Score: 2, Funny

      Want to start a pool as to what day uspecting college student receive Apple supeonas. I call Monday.

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  4. What's the point by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Running OS X on a Dell is like putting race car parts in your Yugo. You can, it is sort of funny, but... why?

  5. Dupe? by JLyle · · Score: 5, Funny
    It has been widely reported all over the Internet that it is extremely easy to get the Intel port of OS X to run on regualar PC boxes.
    Yes, for example, it was reported on Slashdot just yesterday.
  6. Re:Ummm by Klivian · · Score: 4, Funny

    So you have no graphics, sound and networking, but other than that it runs just fine? I'd guess that's taking the famous mac usability one step further.

  7. Re:Linux in on the act... by Rimbo · · Score: 2, Funny

    Does it still work if you use the Ubuntu PPC Live CD?

  8. Close by wang33 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Hello, Peter. What's happening? We need to talk about your TPS reports.

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  9. Re:This can be a golden opportunity for Apple. by learn+fast · · Score: 2, Funny

    Our new Google overlords overhead that. Our new Google overlords do not find your comments humourous.

  10. Re:The TPM chip by Tumbleweed · · Score: 3, Funny

    The TPM chip has a very fast SHA-1 implementation on it.

    That'll be very useful when we need to hack a Gibson.

    Hack the planet!

  11. Obligitory Comic Book Guy quote... by shuufoxie · · Score: 5, Funny

    "There's no emoticon for what I'm feeling!"

  12. Re:but before you begin... by whyde · · Score: 5, Funny

    This sounds just like a set of open-source bomb defusing instructions I read:

            1. Remove bomb housing

            2. Unscrew blasting cap cover, counter-clockwise

            3. Locate red wire with a white stripe

            4. Cut red wire with white stripe near blast cap connector

            5. Now the bomb should be defused, but before you begin, move the bomb to a remote, secured area and wear appropriate protective gear.

  13. Re:Unixen? wtf? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Well, yeah, I suppose that "Unixen" would make sense if UNIX was a word with some sort of secret Anglo-Saxon heritage. However, it isn't the case.

    It's about as reasonable as saying that "school bi" is the Latin plural of School bus. Perhaps the reason that "Unixen is not common, although occasionally seen" is there is always some dolt out there following their own rules of pluralization, rather than those that are commonly accepted by others.

  14. Re:but before you begin... by bpd1069 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Thanks you just snapped me back into reality... I was just calculating if i could manage to give it whirl/and give up while still having enough time to get my current workload done by sunday night...

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  15. No NIC, Sound, or 3d accel by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Throw in:
        No fan support
        Uses a ton of battery
        Unresponsive UI ...and you've got my Fedora Core installation!

  16. Re:Disambiguation: Rosetta by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    make me. :P

  17. Re:Slashdot = site for clueless morons. by kayen_telva · · Score: 4, Funny

    HA ! Caught you peeking at the replies !!

  18. Re:The same could be said about linux. by CitizenJohnJohn · · Score: 2, Funny

    Is that like Gore-Tex and Gore-Tices?

  19. OS Envy? by sjs132 · · Score: 2, Funny

    As a PC (x86) user, we always thought people who use Mac's as zeloits, non-geeks, idiot proofed gui, lame....etc..etc...

    But, now the idea of putting the mac on x86's seems to bring out some type of OS envey....

    People that would never touch a Mac, are sharring PIRATED versions over bittorrent, etc...

    Have I been duped? Is the Mac REALLY a usefull OS afterall? Was Steve Jobs right all these years, and Bill Gates distorting MY reality field by the everpresent Windblows computers that could be build for cheap?

    I don't know... but one cant help but wonder what took their marketing drones this long to come up with this brilliant way to prove that all the geeks really want to have a bitchen' fast Mac...

    I'll stick to my axim for now... gee, if only I could port OS-X to that...... ;p

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