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[quote][i]Originally posted by DaveyLC[/i] [quote][i]Originally posted by Steve[/i] [quote][i]Originally posted by DaveyLC[/i] [quote][i]Originally posted by evilrob[/i] OSX has never (not that i remember since using OS9) really been a product that Apple try and sell - rather its always been the hardware (with massive margins). [/quote] Who said anything about reducing commission for developers? :boggle: [/quote] That's chalk and cheese because an Apple computer is worthless without the OS and its also even harder to run OSX on a non apple device.. Yeah its possible to run other flavours of Linux and Windows if you really know what you're doing.. With PC's its a doddle to run pretty much what you like and its also easier to infringe the windows license by moving it between hardware. [/quote] I thought OSX has supported maintstream hardware, eg intel etc for a while now? [/quote] The processors are supported but you still need the Apple EFI/SMC which is their version of a BIOS plus the peripheral support is restricted, its not like windows were 99.9% of manufacturers will write a driver for windows and can either have it authorised by MS or just distribute it them selves un-signed.. People have worked out how to fool the OS into thinking its on an Apple machine but its fiddly (you have to use a boot-loader that pretends to be the Apple EFI) and very picky about what hardware you can and can't use. Some people see it as a challenge.. I'm sat in front of an iMac running windows 8 which was very simple to install, I also have a Macmini running windows 7 which again was a doddle.. I also have a an old G5 case here with a new generation LGA2011 i7 which I did experiment with booting to OSX on (al-la-HACKINTOSH), I got it booting but getting the WIFI and GPU to work was such a head-ache I gave up. [img]http://s15.postimg.org/5k91xdn2j/P1040255.jpg[/img] [Edited on 09-10-2014 by DaveyLC] [/quote]
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