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Intel Mac OS X Catches Up With Older Brother
RetrogradeMotion writes "Apple is now one step closer to the Intel transition. According to the OSx86 Project, a recently leaked installation DVD of Mac OS X 10.4.3 reveals that the Intel version is in sync with the PowerPC version - the two are now identical. Initially, "OSx86" was substantially behind its PPC counterpart, but the recent update makes it ready for the public. The article also notes that Apple has continued to learn from hackers' efforts to crack the operating system and has greatly strengthened the TPM protections."
So does anyone else find it funny that we get an Apple-Intel update on within 6 hours of a "Intel processors get their asses kicked" story?
The article also notes that Apple has continued to learn from hackers' efforts to crack the operating system and has greatly strengthened the TPM protections.
As you may or may not know, TPM stands for "Tensão Pré-Menstrual", which is the Portuguese term for Pre-Menstrual Syndrome. Exactly why hackers would want to get by those TPM protections is beyond me.
When you have nothing left to burn you must set yourself on fire
That's because they never were Intel bashers. They are all Steve fans, and what Steve says - RULES! (Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain. He's still living in yesterday's truths.)
It's rather a lot like Scientology. You just have to change the names of the players, and keep forking out the money.
"It's the height of ridiculousness to say for those 9 lines you get hundreds of millions."
To all of you that thought an outdated version of the OS was actually "leaked".
:-)
Congrats, Apple just made you an unpaid security consultant.
Well, there's this tiny little guy with a magnifying lens who will live in your computer case, and- nah, I'm just kiddin' :)
I own a G3 yosemite running LinuxPPC, it's my firewall,IMAP,WWW,PHP server.
And I own a VIA C3 Samuel running Linux x86, it's my firewall,IMAP,WWW,PHP,Shoutcast,DNS,File server. So whats your point?
"This is Zombo Com, and welcome to you who have come to Zombo Com" - www.zombo.com
on using the cover sheets on the TPM report?
"I say we take off, nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure."
Continued improvements in both releases of 10.4.3 include an optimized table of system values organized in a hash known as a "registry," a simplified four-color theme, and a sophisticated AI-based Automator avatar known as "Guru" who appears at the bottom of your screen to anticipate Automator tasks by asking questions such as "It looks like you're writing a paper."
"Made up/misattributed quote that makes me look smart. I am on
Yes. I can write a blog and put whatever I want in it. A professional journalist knows that if he/she repeatedly publishes lies or inaccuracies, they'll be finding other ways of earning a paycheck (thus, providing food for their bellies and a bed to sleep in).
As always, it's the difference between just spouting stuff because you want to and basing your life/livelihood on something. In one, you have no risk. In the other, you most definitely have risk and a vested interest in being a professional.
Well, since the article summary clearly states that the two versions are now identical, it seems obvious that it will only run on PowerPC systems.
Leaked install DVD? HAH! That's for scriptkiddies. Where's the leaked kernel source code?
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make install -not war
Apple is on the cutting edge of making sure their OS runs on the slowest CPUs possible. For a while that was PPC, back when Intel was kicking ass and taking names, and Motorola couldn't find their ass with both hands. But now that IBM is starting to pop out high speed multi-core PPC chips, it's time to find a new slow chip.
;-)
Face it, Apple is cursed, what ever chip they use is doomed to be second rate. If intel was smart, they would have kept their distance
What? I was told that video killed the radio star!
Nobody under 30 is going to get that one.
Maybe this should be a new Slashdot poll:
How long after Apple officially releases its x86 version of OSX will it be cracked to run on generic hardware?
1) 12 Months
2) 12 Hours
3) 12 Minutes
4) Cowboy Neal already has it running on his Dell.
I didn't know that was a synonym for "download via bittorrent".
Free Hans!
I'm 18 and I got it.
Beware he who would deny you access to information, for in his heart he dreams himself your master. -Anonymous
Right about now, some Linux noob is asking him/herself the same question.
Well, spotlight isn't working for me either in Mail, Safari crashes now and again and I haven't really found a good use for Bonjour yet so I'd say that it's par for the course still.
"I tend to think of OS X as Linux with QA and Taste", James Gosling, creator of Java