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    EFi-X Allows Mac OS X to Boot on a PC

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by Stunner, Sep 17, 2008.

  1. Stunner

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    Stunner, Sep 17, 2008
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  2. Lysander

    Lysander AFK, raid time.

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    These guys can't get in trouble from Apple. It just makes EFI booting (which will come to most motherboards eventually) possible.
     
    Lysander, Sep 17, 2008
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  3. Xirurg

    Xirurg ORLY???

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    Apple will kill them :|
     
    Xirurg, Sep 17, 2008
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    Khris Yes I am better than you!

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  5. Lysander

    Lysander AFK, raid time.

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    Apple doesnt own EFI, they can't do anything about a tool to make a system boot EFI.
     
    Lysander, Sep 17, 2008
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    Apple might be able to say something about a company using the names of their products without their permission. They might try to force these guys to modify their web site to say something like "known to work with a certain operating system from Cupertino" but enjoin them from explicitly mentioning any specific version of OS X.
     
    r0k, Sep 17, 2008
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  7. Xirurg

    Xirurg ORLY???

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    or apple can make them modify their "thing" not to work with Mac OS
     
    Xirurg, Sep 17, 2008
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    It still's against Apples OS policy, saying that Apple OS is only Liesend to run on Apple Hardware. And it does that check.
     
    blue68f100, Sep 17, 2008
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  9. swarmer

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    LOL good luck with that.

    It's not some other company's responsibility to ensure that their products are incompatible with Mac OS.

    EFI is an open standard. The PC world will transition to it too, so in a few years people will just buy EFI-based motherboards. If Apple wants to lock their OS to their hardware in the long run, they'll have to use other mechanisms.
     
    swarmer, Sep 17, 2008
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    I don't see how that'll work. Otherwise how is anyone allowed to market their product as working with OS X. And it's not like Apple can sue people just for developing low-level tools for Mac otherwise things like iDefrag or DiskWarrior would have been shut down long ago.

    EFI-X is probably safer than Paystar anyways, since they aren't selling whole computers loaded with OS X or cracking and redistributing OS X updates. This is probably just some type of bootloader and people bring their own copy of OS X, which means customers violate the license agreement when installing on non-Apple computers.

    The interesting thing is, depending on how this turns out, it could effect whether non-server versions of OS X will be allowed to work in a virtualized environment.
     
    ltcommander_data, Sep 17, 2008
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  11. steveninspokane

    steveninspokane John 14:6 - Only ONE Way!

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    If I go to the grocery store and buy me an apple, and put it on my pc notebook, than I could install the apple software, right? :)
     
    steveninspokane, Sep 17, 2008
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  12. blue68f100

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    Only if it's White :D
     
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  13. Stone825

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    @Everyone - EFIX isn't based in America so they are pretty much outside Apple's jurisdiction for right now.

    Edit: I know they aren't based in the US but Apple might find a way so don't quote me on that.
     
    Stone825, Sep 17, 2008
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  14. Greg

    Greg Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Running OS X on a PC is against the EULA for OS X. Thread closed, and do not expect us to welcome future posts about this or troubleshooting.

    Their EULA is enforced anywhere they are selling Apple hardware, outside of US jurisdiction or not. They've covered their bases in international law I'm sure.
     
    Greg, Sep 17, 2008
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