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."

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New acronyms????

[mayhemt]

Since its a blog...& its new phenomenon we should start using new acronyms
like
RTFB - .....blog
RTFC - .....chat/converstation
RTFP - .....podcast (or maybe listen to..??)
RTFPR - ..press release
RTFR- ... rights

RTFHB - ... holy bible
anyway..comin to the discussion new OS called iWin??

Re:"article"????

[vought]

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)

See also: Michelle Malkin, professional pundit, blogger, and self-proclaimed "journalist". Just because you call yourself something doesn't mean it's true. Malkin's disregard for the facts is pretty well-known, as is her carelessness in fact-checking, yet she claims to be a journalist.

Re:TPM=PMS

[Scrameustache]

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.

"Purple Stain", by Red Hot Chili Peppers:

To finger paint is not a sin
I put my middle finger in
Your monthly blood is what I win
Im in your house now let me spin*

*not an endorsement ;- )

Re:Fine by me

[Blakey Rat]

How is that insightful? If you don't want to run it, don't run it. There's no insight there.

Monthly subsribtion to use your computer in future

[Anonymous Coward]

Check out "Office Live" that Microsoft is pushing now...

Very basically, you will not be able to buy any software in the future. You will have to dial out and use all your apps online for a monthly subsribtion fee, like your cell phone! Ever heard of VNC?

Think of your future Microsoft computer as some kinda sick uber-terminal that needs to be hooked up to the mainframe at Redmond to run anything (don't need cables, maybe will use 3G or sattelite internet, or whatever). Upside is that you can carry with you all your settings, apps, docs no matter what device you use. And you can figure the downsides for yourself ;-)

Hacking that? Well, that would be like hacking cell-phones, or steal other people's credit money... Make no mistake about it: any computer hacking in the future would ab initio involve activities that are highly criminal and illegal. Couple that with mandatory biometrics, and the 'hackers' just can't hide! But hey, at least script-kiddies will be nubbed in the bud!