Mac OS X For Intel Leaked, Cracked

SpinnerSpinner Birmingham, UK
edited September 2005 in Science & Tech
A new variant of Mac OS X for Intel began surfacing on Internet sites early Thursday, boasting the ability to run on any x86 based computer.
Although many believed it was only a matter of time before such a leak occurred, Apple had taken stringent measures to ensure the Intel version of its operating system stayed locked down, including purportedly using hardware-based security with a TPM chip, otherwise known as Palladium. Videos of Mac OS X on an Intel laptop were posted by a French Mac enthusiast site Wednesday.
Submitted by: muddocktor

Muddocktor: "I think that's great. Let these early crackers/adopters debug OSX for x86 and then have Apple release it as a stand-alone OS for everyone."

Source: Beta News

Comments

  • EnverexEnverex Worcester, UK Icrontian
    edited August 2005
    Does OS X run ELF compatible binaries?
  • kanezfankanezfan sunny south florida Icrontian
    edited August 2005
    They used FreeBSD to make the OS so it might.
  • PirateNinjaPirateNinja Icrontian
    edited August 2005
    Wouldn't htat be something if Mac started selling its OS to PC users?
  • kanezfankanezfan sunny south florida Icrontian
    edited August 2005
    They should take a cue from Sega and quit the hardware biz, except for iPods
  • Omega65Omega65 Philadelphia, Pa
    edited August 2005
    Gravite2090 wrote:
    Wouldn't htat be something if Mac started selling its OS to PC users?
    I think that would be a good thing.....
  • JengoJengo Pasco, WA | USA
    edited August 2005
    kanezfan wrote:
    They should take a cue from Sega and quit the hardware biz, except for iPods

    dude, thats not even funny. Sega Owned
  • airbornflghtairbornflght Houston, TX Icrontian
    edited August 2005
    heh heh heh....this is saying something.

    If mac is stooping to selling to pc customers, there numbers for their new os must not be up to par. I think they are gonna fall off the table in the next three or four years
  • PirateNinjaPirateNinja Icrontian
    edited August 2005
    airbornflght wrote:
    heh heh heh....this is saying something.

    If mac is stooping to selling to pc customers, there numbers for their new os must not be up to par. I think they are gonna fall off the table in the next three or four years

    I predict the opposite, selling their software to PC users would generate massive sales, and increase the sale of their hardware after about 2 years also. My opinion.
  • LeonardoLeonardo Wake up and smell the glaciers Eagle River, Alaska Icrontian
    edited August 2005
    Gravite, I partially agree with you. I don't know if OSX would entice Wintel users to purchase Apple hardware, but I believe many thousands of people would pay good money to have a copy of OSX. I know I would. But then, if piracy of the Apple OS would be as prevalent as is with Windows, Apple might lose much of there hardware sales simultaneous with not picking up a sizable new market for their OS.
  • GargGarg Purveyor of Lincoln Nightmares Icrontian
    edited August 2005
    Jengo wrote:
    dude, thats not even funny. Sega Owned
    Their software was great, but their hardware sucked. I guess their biggest problem was always being the first out the door with a new console, only to be upstaged quickly by Nintendo or Sony.

    I guess Apple's hardware problem is being second out the door with hardware, and it's not even as good as what's already available from the competitors :)
  • GrayFoxGrayFox /dev/urandom Member
    edited August 2005
    http://img276.imageshack.us/img276/6943/35jt.jpg

    Heres it running on my 3500+ under vmware :)
  • GargGarg Purveyor of Lincoln Nightmares Icrontian
    edited August 2005
    Awesome :D
  • GrayFoxGrayFox /dev/urandom Member
    edited August 2005
    Yah its VERY fast too considering it doesnt have quartz acceleration (From lack of graphics card driver).
  • TheSmJTheSmJ
    edited August 2005
    So now that you have the Mac OSX on your AMD64... what are you going to do with it? :p

    "Oh, there's lots of games for the Mac. There's Warcraft 3.... and... Well, you know they're all great, because they've already been out for the PC for the past year."
  • JengoJengo Pasco, WA | USA
    edited August 2005
    this is awsome i cant wait to install it on a machine, i just want to see how fast it is. Im gonna try it on a P3 first, then on a P4, hopefully i can see at what kind of system specs youd need to run it.

    heh...

    I cant wait! hurry up and finish Downloading!!
  • CycloniteCyclonite Tampa, Florida Icrontian
    edited August 2005
    Got it running in VMWare. Be aware, though, that it's very sluggish running in VMWare.

    Too sluggish, that I didn't even feel like changing the original username.
  • GrayFoxGrayFox /dev/urandom Member
    edited August 2005
    Mine was quite fast ... But then again I have my machine VERY tweeked.
  • CycloniteCyclonite Tampa, Florida Icrontian
    edited August 2005
    Really? Hmm... My machine isn't insanely tweaked, but it is pretty snappy otherwise. I'm finishing up a reinstall right now. Maybe I'll give it a shot afterward.
  • entropyentropy Yah-Der-Hey (Wisconsin)
    edited August 2005
    Guys, any luck getting it the network to bridge with VMWare? I can't. I would really like to.

    Oh, and mine's slightly slow, but I'm slowly crankin' her up. I think.
  • TheHeartSmasherTheHeartSmasher
    edited September 2005
    That is awsome, Tiger on a PC is awsome. does everything work if so I might install it on my PC so I can use Final Cut Pro

    is all the hardware compatible?
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