Pictures of OS X 'mod-chip' EFi-X in the wild

This is hardly a small or new market. OS x has been running on x86 since around 2005 (when it began to get popular). It has gotten to the stage now where it is becoming main stream marketing for example psystar (if that's how you spell it). Now apple is being sued by psystar, starting to get interesting :)

I own a macbook and I am still going to build an osx86 machine, it can provide ample amount of power and crush most real macs at around 1/4 of the price. Most nvidia cards from the 7200 up are well supported now and a good chunk of P35/P45 boards are. Don't need this chip to seamlessly run leopard on x86 hardware.

What will be interesting is the new i7 chips, bringing 8-16 cores to x86. If apple doesn't pick it up pretty soon osx86 will be running quicker than any mac.

p.s. Go Christina ;)

What I don't need is another computer. I have way too many of them right now.

What I did need was desktop access to the Apple dev tools for the iPhone, and with this device I have that.

All I had to do differently with my existing (unsupported) system was add a SATA DVD, plugin the USB keyboard and MS mouse, and enable ACHI.

OSX is even supporting dual monitors on a Nvidia workstation card. While my system works I was unsure it would because major components, while similar are not on their HCL.

Aside from saying you did it, I don't get it.

People complain that Macs are too expensive, then try to install Mac OS X on some ugly POS alien hardware (see picture above), then complain that there aren't compatible drivers and it's buggy?

To solve the "problem" they spend a bunch of money to replace hardware components, or even buy some $200 hack-dongle?

So, after going through all these gymnastics and gyrations, what does it cost at the end of the proverbial day?

Oh, and apparently your TIME is worth NOTHING.

It seems really dumb.

Save time money and hassle and buy a Mac. If you're worried about money, get one used. Either way, OS X will run like it's supposed to and you'll be able to run all those other OSes, too.

"... truly stellar system without the limitations of a Mac Pro..." besides cost there are very few limitations. Maybe, not CPU upgradable.

Time for apple to add more hardware (chips) to the mac. To stop this type of stuff going on.

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I have one, the price was 80 euros plus shipping - so it wasn't exactly cheap.

Since I run multiple OS's and support multiple computer configurations this seemed like an good idea. I was interested in it especially as OSX is the recommended development environment for the iPhone.

However it isn't quite working yet - with my unsupported setup. It may next week when I pick up a sata DVD drive ...

Look, I'm a big Apple fan. I own 3 Macs. I bought 2 more for my parents. BUT... Apple refuses to offer any mid-range solution. My needs far exceed what an iMac or Mini can provide and I'm not spending $2500+ for a MacPRo which is overkill. If Apple refuses to sell me a product in the mid-range I will continue to use OSX86. This EFI chip just makes things easier but it certainly won't stop me if Apple sues these guys out of business. (which is certainly their right and I'm not going to hold it against them if they do)

How much it costs?

Way to go Christina! I remember buying my PSX modchip from a store in North Star mall here in San Antonio, TX (kinda near the new Apple store) and they had imported games and everything! Yeah... that store... isn't there anymore. :(

I don't really think condoning this is a stand up thing to do. If we're going to be Apple supporters here, then let's support them unconditionally.