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Turn your PC into a Mac with a dongle

posted onSeptember 17, 2008
by hitbsecnews

Running OS X on a bare-bone PC has been a geek's dream since Apple announced its switch to Intel processors in 2006. While this effort succeeded in some cases, a hacked OS X tends to run only on a limited number of PC configurations and with more than a just a few hiccups: Software updates are blocked until hackers patch Apple's official updates and a hacked OS X, of course, violates Apple's license agreement. However, a new hardware solution called EFi-X puts an end to these issues: It delivers Mac's EFI firmware interface to your PC, fooling the original OS X Leopard installation DVD into thinking it is running a genuine Mac.

A new hardware-based solution called EFi-X offers a fresh take on running OS X on your PC. Basically a $155 dongle that plugs into a USB slot on your motherboard (it does not support external USB ports), EFi-X and works as an EFI firmware interface found in every Intel-based Mac. This approach is good enough to fool Mac OS X Leopard into believing it is running on a genuine Mac, thus eliminating the need for a hacked OS X installation. Not only can you instalI Mac OS X from a regular retail DVD, you can also update OS X installation with official operating system updates from Apple.

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