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Intel Mac OS X Catches Up With Older Brother

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the yes-have-some dept.

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."

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  1. Did you get the memo by Bodhammer · · Score: 5, Funny

    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."
  2. Re:More Irony? Can we handle it? by killtherat · · Score: 5, Funny

    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 ;-)

  3. Re:"article"???? by toph42 · · Score: 5, Funny

    What? I was told that video killed the radio star!

  4. Re:Hardware by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    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.