http://www.macrumors.com/2008/09/16/efix-allows-mac-os-x-to-boot-on-a-pc/
You think Apple will be after them as well? The article didn't mention if EFi struck any sort of deal with Apple...
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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.
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Apple will kill them :|
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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.
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or apple can make them modify their "thing" not to work with Mac OS
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blue68f100 Notebook Virtuoso
It still's against Apples OS policy, saying that Apple OS is only Liesend to run on Apple Hardware. And it does that check.
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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. -
ltcommander_data Notebook Deity
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. -
steveninspokane John 14:6 - Only ONE Way!
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?
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blue68f100 Notebook Virtuoso
Only if it's White
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@Everyone - EFIX isn't based in America so they are pretty much outside Apple's jurisdiction for right now.
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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.
EFi-X Allows Mac OS X to Boot on a PC
Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by Stunner, Sep 17, 2008.