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EFiX: OSx86 gone commercial?

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efi-x.com, last updated June 9th, claims to offer the ability to install OS 10 on a non mac with the retail disc. The EFiX website states:

EFiX is the best solution for installing and using Mac OS X on your PC.

It allows its user to install Mac OS X straight from the original DVD without having to worry about patches,

replacing files and anything like that.

That means you can buy a regular PC, Mac OS X and EFiX and enjoy what the Mac users have always enjoyed:

unmodified Mac OS X on your computer, safe, easy and fast, exactly the way it should be.

 

The development of EFiX took a lot of time.

During the development phase, we had to deal with various problems, including sabotage.

This process also involved testing, which has been conducted for the last 6 months in production environments.

Industry leading professionals(who work for TV stations, recording studios and many others) rely on EFiX and Mac OS X running on standard PC hardware to get their tasks done.

 

EFiX is in the final testing phase.

All the testing has went far better than what we expected and the testers have given positive feedback.

 

We have planned to release it on 23rd of June, 2008. More information will be added soon.

Longtime OSx86 contributor netkas has posted EFiX in action on his blog. According to netkas, EFiX is hardware which plugs into your USB port.

 

As the June 23rd release approaches, many questions about EFiX remain unanswered:

-Is it an EFI emulator like PC_EFI or Chameleon?

-Is the USB device required every time you boot or just during installation?

-While this device may allow OS 10 to be installed, won't the driver situation be just like that of the OSx86 project?

-How will Apple respond to this?

-Will EFiX's EFI implementation be usable on traditional OSx86 DVDs?

 

Something of note is the EFiX contact page:

International dealers:

(If you can not find dealers in your region please contact us)

Germany

Россия

Украина

Taiwan R.O.C.

P.R.China

Japan

Korea

Notice here that the United States, along with many other countries are ignored. Also, netkas who has a sample of the device, stated:

they don't plan to sell it in US.

 

So, forget about dmcs in this case.

Thoughts?

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nigelbb
yeap you can no problems
That's interesting as ekeaze wanted to use two ATI 2600 cards & that is not possible on any Hackintosh.

 

 

BTW It's also interesting that although you are the only person in the world who claims to have one of these devices even you haven't provided a review or even as much as a photo.

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Schmacintosh

That video link is the netkas video posted 3 months ago. It shows nothing except a menu. netkas apparently can't even get hold of a leopard disc and compete the installation! amazing. Nothing from amantheboy except an updated sig

 

EFI-X is the longest striptease in history :dev:

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teknojunkie
That's interesting as ekeaze wanted to use two ATI 2600 cards & that is not possible on any Hackintosh.

 

 

BTW It's also interesting that although you are the only person in the world who claims to have one of these devices even you haven't provided a review or even as much as a photo.

 

agian efi-x doesnt use any kext, the write there drivers by getting the source from the company

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starobrno1

All this is pretty cool so show us the stuff we wanna try it out, I mean heck a month not to far from now I´d sure have some leftover money so I would be interested for sure but a scam no thanks. So show it´s for real and I´ll buy one in the close future and report back here. Man a few of us probably could even split the cost just to clear things up but I guess even one dollar in the wrong pocket is a dollar in the wrong pocket so we need proof here.

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Schmacintosh

What doesn't figure is even though they are apparently shipping now and therefore anyone who gets one can say what the hell they like about the product, you still have to wait for clearance to talk about it and put up a pic or vid. WTF?

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starobrno1

Says who? If I bought one I would just post whatever I felt like pics, vids, reviews or whatever I felt like posting. So if there´s real proof this thing is real please let me know and I´ll buy it and post back here how and if it works.

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Schmacintosh

starobrno1 - we're in agreement here. My previous post was addressed to amantheboy. He says he has the device, but has to wait for 'clearance' to talk about it. I'm saying it's supposed to be 'out there' now so lets hear some reviews, see some pics etc.

 

Looking back in this thread it seems as if the post by amantheboy about needing clearance has now been deleted!

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Cybex

I ordered a device previous week on tuesday. They said they would ship it on wednesday. I still haven't got the device, which could be normal because they have to send it to Holland (I think they are located in Germany?). So the package could arrive today, but to be honest I am starting to get a bit worried now...

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Schmacintosh

Well, I hope for your sake they honour the order soon. After such a dismal start it would be disaster to add non-delivery to the comedy of errors. We're all expecting you to provide a comprehensive review, with pics :)

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Detosx

With all sides willing the device to get to Cybex soon, I would think it's going to get to him, soon! A very compatible looking system he has, there, too. Hopefully he has a good camcorder! Heck, Cybex, get a manager and sell your review! :)

 

Got to cut a startup company some slack. I look forward to reading reviews, plural, of this product.

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SticMAC™

This is what I got, and I quote:

"Please note: The delivery will not be made before 15th september ex works in taiwan.

 

Do note hesitate to ask us if you have further questions.

 

Kind regards,"

 

So start dreaming again!!!

 

StiCMAN

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Cybex

Interesting to finally see the device. They put alot of effort in the branding and create a Apple worthy box too. Impressive so far, now let's see the device in action :rolleyes:

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nigelbb
I got a reply from efi-x with a track and trace number! They sent it from Taiwan indeed... It currently is at the customs in Amsterdam :rolleyes:
That's odd as according to their web site "EFI-X™ is made in Europe, utilising the very best construction standards.".
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netkas
That's odd as according to their web site "EFI-X™ is made in Europe, utilising the very best construction standards.".

on iphine u can see next text  - Designed by Apple in California. Assembled in china.

 

 

 

So, i guess it's just cheap to assemble things in china, from parts made in other countries.

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ulin
agian efi-x doesnt use any kext, the write there drivers by getting the source from the company

 

So you are saying there is _NO_ (as in _zero_) community provided code in EfiX? With "by getting the source from the company" you mean they read the hardware specifications provided by hardware manufacturers and write the drivers based on the specs? Thats very odd considering the amount of code already provided by the entire x86 as well as free/open bsd comunities.

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TorqueX86
That's odd as according to their web site "EFI-X™ is made in Europe, utilising the very best construction standards.".

 

The module is built in Germany, and packaged in Taiwan, then sent all over the world from there.

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BigPimpin
So you are saying there is _NO_ (as in _zero_) community provided code in EfiX? With "by getting the source from the company" you mean they read the hardware specifications provided by hardware manufacturers and write the drivers based on the specs? Thats very odd considering the amount of code already provided by the entire x86 as well as free/open bsd comunities.
He doesn't write English very well so it's hard to tell what he means by that. My understanding is EFiX emulates the EFI BIOS of different motherboards. That's why you have to order based on a specific motherboard. As far as I know, very little has been done in the EFI area other than an intermediate layer (thanks, netkas) that translates calls for EFI functions to standard BIOS calls. EFiX seems to be actual EFI code itself. In that case there would not be any "kext" code in it at all, so he might be right.

 

BTW I think you overestimate the "contributions" of this "community" in this area. Fact is, 99.5% of hackintosh code is provided by Apple. The rest is provided by maybe 20 people. 20 people cranking out code used by hundreds of thousands of people does not meet my definition of "community". To me it translates into "20 dedicated people producing code for the leeches". The ratio of people actually contributing to the ones taking and using it is at least 10,000 to 1. You "our community this" and "our community that" types crack me up.

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sonotone
He doesn't write English very well so it's hard to tell what he means by that. My understanding is EFiX emulates the EFI BIOS of different motherboards. That's why you have to order based on a specific motherboard.

I hope it's not, cause that mean it's like an OEM product, so you have to be sure of your motherboard choise and take care of it. (or make a stock.)

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