EFI-X Dongle Perfectly Transforms PC to Mac
If you want to run Mac OS X on a standard, non-Apple-labelled x86 box, you have various options. You can go all creative and build and install one yourself, and then be weary when installing updates from Apple. You can also buy a Mac clone from PsyStar, and then be weary of Apple's crack team of lawyers. A third option has just become available: EFI-X.
EFI-X comes in the form of an USB dongle with firmware on it that allows you to install Mac OS X (and other operating systems) unmodified, unpatched, and unhacked, on supported regular computers. Since Mac OS X does not need to be hacked or patched in any way, updates from Apple work without any problems; Gizmodo installed Mac OS X 10.5.5 without issues.
There is a catch, of course. The boot process is slightly awkward, since you first need to boot to the USB dongle, and then continue to booting Mac OS X, giving you a boot time of about 2 minutes. Once you're there, though, Gizmodo claims, there are no problems. No compatibility issues, no weirdness, and full, unlimited performance.
