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  • Swad

    Intel to Drop 915G Chipsets

    By Swad, in OSx86,

    In an intriguing move, Intel has announced that they will be discontinuing their 915G chipset - the almost-identical-but-not-quite chipset on which Apple's Developer Transition Kits are based. Apparently, the chipsets and their GMA900 integrated graphics processors would not be powerful enough to run the resource-hogging demanding GUI effects of Windows Vista's Aeroglass.
     
    Apple clearly felt that GMA900 was good enough to run Quartz Extreme. Will the effects of Glass be so much greater that they will require that much more graphics processing power?
     
    And what about all of those who bought Intel 915 chipsets in order to run OSx86 natively? Could the mandatory return of the DevKits be linked in any way to the discontinuance of this chipset?
  • Swad

    Buy OSx86 Retail... in Bangkok

    By Swad, in OSx86,

    While it may be years (possibly never, although I think it'll happen) before you can purchase a legitimate copy of OS X for your regular x86 PC, pirates in Bangkok have sped up the process, selling what they call a "retail" version of OSx86. According to Hardmac:
     
    "Pirates of course took advantage of the osx86project.com community discoveries, in order to sell versions they dare to call "Retail Edition", for 6 Euro."
     
    Six Euro? Around 12 Dollars? We find it appalling that someone would try to make a quick buck from someone else's (Apple's) work. And, for the record, we neither support nor endorse any of their activities, nor any illegal use of OS X for that matter. These pirates have used hackers' "cracks" from elsewhere, not "discoveries" from this site.
     
    They do everyone a disservice. Here, no one wins.
     
    UPDATE: Sorry, I miscalculated - 6 Euros would actually be 7.23 in USD. I'm headed to England soon, so I was stuck in Pounds mode.
     

  • bofors

    OSx86 10.4.2 (Possibly) Leaked?

    By bofors, in OSx86,

    This thread indicates that OSx86 10.4.2 has been leaked and research into it's new TPM mechanism has begun:
     
    http://forum.osx86project.org/index.php?sh...799entry18799
     
    Please remember that as this site is under US jurisdiction that any potential circumvention of OSx86 10.4.2's new TPM mechanism can be not discussed here due to the DMCA. However, it may be discussed at the Win2OSX site instead:
     
    http://www.win2osx.net/forum/showthread.ph...sted=1#post8751
     
    Apparently, no OSx86 10.4.2 torrents have been seeded yet, however when that changes please respect this site's "no warez" policy.
  • bofors
    This looks like important news to me, the MacVidia Project has released an OSx86 graphics driver.
    http://macvidia.plusmediamusic.com/index.php?title=Main_Page

    http://macvidia.plusmediamusic.com/index.php?title=Downloads 
    To give proper credit, I learned about this news from Simon on his forum: http://www.win2osx.net/forum/showthread.php?t=1264
  • Swad

    Jobs Says Pirates Will "Burn in Hell"

    By Swad, in OSx86,

    Oh... and... the Intel Macs are still on track.
     
    In preparation for the Apple Expo, Steve Jobs sat down with the press for a good discussion about Apple's hardware and, specifically, the Macintels. He stated that they will still be ready by the June of next year and that he was unsure what the effects would be of releasing the operating system for beige-box PC's. From the Macworld UK Article:
     
    "Schiller observed: “Why do people buy a Mac?”, answering: “It’s not because of the processor. Its because of the operating system, OS X. Intel Macs will feel the same. The transition can be one that is very easy for customers. It wont be a dynamic shift for our customers.”
     
    Multiple reports confirm that hardcore advanced PC users have been downloading illegally-distributed copies of Apple’s developer version of OS X for Intel processors. They have been hacking the system to make it install on all manner of PC processors, including those from Intel and AMD.
     
    Jobs said: “We don’t know how having OS X available for PCs would affect Macs”, and promised, “we will have technology in OS X for Intel so that it cannot be installed in other PCs”. He also promised that the final version should not be judged on the basis of the developer versions.
     
    But Apple’s leader isn’t pulling punches when it comes to his battle with the pirates. “Theft is bad”, he said, warning: “You don’t want to burn in Hell.”"
  • Swad

    OS X on Intel Still Not Complete

    By Swad, in OSx86,

    We recieved unconfirmed reports Sunday that Apple is introducing a new version of OS X Intel to developers. This build, 8B1027, is based on Tiger 10.4.2, which brings it up to date with the latest commercial PowerPC versions.
     
    There are several interesting things about this new build - first, some applications that were built on the initial version that shipped with the Developers Kits will not work in the new verison. However, all applications that are built using the new version (8B1027) will be unable to run on the earlier (WWDC) iteration. This incompatibility could be in place to deter pirated use of OSx86... or it could simply be that the operating system is still evolving.
     
    Reports state that previous attempts to break the TPM support no longer work with this new seed. It would appear that Apple is learning from the hackers efforts and using that information to stop those efforts.
     
    Several other fixes are noted with this build, such as completed programming frameworks, improved OpenGL support, and proper localization, as well as a few minor stability improvements.
     
    All of this points to the fact that OSx86 is still a work in progress - nothing is complete. This opens a host of questions - why the sudden incompatibility between the two versions? Will the final version that is shipped with the Intel Macs be compatible with this new build? Is the motivation for this new build one of helping developers or detering hackers - or both?
  • omni

    New OS X x86 build from Apple

    By omni, in OSx86,

    From Twin Mac:
     
    Apple has seeded build 8B1027 to Apple Developer Platform owners. This build brings Transition Kit systems up to version 10.4.2, and in-sync with the current released version of Mac OS X.
     
    This build includes new tatics to prevent piracy of Mac OS X. First and foremost, software built with 8B1027 will not run on previous Intel builds. Meaning, software built with 10.4.2 on Intel will not run on the current pirated copies. It is likely Apple will continue this procedure until the final candidate stage of Mac OS X for Intel.
     
    In addition, future updates for Xcode for PowerPC Macs will likely prevent running software on older pre-release Intel builds.
     
    Apple is expected to deploy much stronger TPM checks to final candidate builds, if not already implemented, in order to ensure the release versions of Universal Binary software will not run on non-authentic systems.
     
    Joy...
  • elisan

    MacOSX "news"

    By elisan, in OSx86,

    For all the guys, which have been "surprised" by MacOS for Intel:
    (have a look on the date!)
     
    http://www.pelagius.com/AppleRecon/mactel.html
     
    By the way: still got Nextstep for Intel running on VmWare
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