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Run Mac OS X On Non-Apple Hardware, With a Dongle
An anonymous reader points out Gizmodo's review of a USB dongle, made by a company called Efix, which allows for an effort-free transformation of a non-Apple computer into one that runs Mac OS X. According to the reviewer, the transformation is perfect (aside from a few quirks he describes as "trivial"); the included screenshots sure make it seem that way, too. The dongle costs $155, and works only on a subset of PC hardware. Non-Apple machines running OS X will no doubt make Apple unhappy, though, so, the reviewer concludes, "it's understandable if you wanna approach this with caution."
Perhaps this will inspire a new "I'm a Mac, I'm a PC" commercial, with the PC donning a strap-on.
Or not.
Hello Efix,
My name is *High Powered Apple Lawyer* This piece of papers says we now own your souls. Would everyone please line up on this platform and proceed down the plank into the meat grinder.
Sincerely,
Apple.
(The following day a new 'security update' is released to Mac OS X rendering the dongles useless.)
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Do you even lift?
These aren't the 'roids you're looking for.
Actually, you identified the market the most diametrically opposed to Apple's business plan- DIY system builders. Using prebuilt systems to compete with that segment is practically impossible because you have to charge for the labor the customer is willing to do themselves, so Apple isn't ever going to try.
And this your honor, is why Grand Theft Auto is bad !
I see it as Win-Win.
Isn't it more of a Mac-Mac?
(I'm so sorry, but I couldn't resist.)
Developers: We can use your help.
That's why Dell went under years ago, before they'd ever even really gotten started.
Apple Computers has plenty of lawyers in England. Just ask Apple Records.
And that, children, is where the Iceweasel came from.
In ~25 years, one board with 6 caps that look like they were installed in reverse. It was an industrial motherboard. I plugged it in and they popped and shot flames a couple inches high before smoking out. Totally freaking awesome.
I've also seen the battery in an Amiga 3000 explode and spew acid all over. Lots of little acid-chewed holes in that motherboard.
And once I had the RAM in a Dell PE2650 actually melt. Burned itself black and started to drip. Again, totally freaking awesome.
Learning HOW to think is more important than learning WHAT to think.
I eat brown rice you insensitive clod!
And Vista Ultimate cost what?
actually, the real cost is in the aggravation and lost productivity time waiting for it to delete files...