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."

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Re:Exactly.

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That is why Dell is struggling now, closing factories, laying off employees, and going through a restructuring of how they sell computers.

Re:I just ordered one!!

[jmorris42]

> Mind pointing me to a Dell that costs less than $3000?

You mean most of what they sell? Most of their machines are expandable and aren't bolted to a display. You can get whatever CPU, memory and storage you want and you don't have to buy laptop drives for a desktop. All laptops are expensive and limited compared to a desktop, regardless whether it is Apple badged or not.

> POSs that break as soon as you look at them.

Ok, we agree on that. It's why I have never bought a Dell and have no plans to. That and their connector conspiracy games.