EFiX Hack Dongle to Let PC Users Run OS X without Hacks

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CadCrazy

in search of myself
EFiX claims it was able to produce and (until now) successfully test an USB dongle that is slightly different than other commercial products aimed at emulating Apple's elusive OS. EFiX's solution is said to be the best and most reliable for installing and running Mac OS X on your PC.

According to the makers, all you need is an original copy of Mac OS X (that's right, you don't need a cracked
Mac OS X copy, although some would prefer this cheap alternative), a regular PC (sporting the necessary
hardware requirements, of course) and EFiX's solution.

The EFiX OS X hack dongle "allows its user to install Mac OS X straight from the original DVD without having to worry about patches, replacing files and anything like that," says the development team. "That means you can buy a regular PC, Mac OS X and EFiX and enjoy what the Mac users have always enjoyed: unmodified Mac OS X on your computer, safe, easy and fast, exactly the way it should be."

Don't want to be picky or anything, but Mac OS X should run on a Mac to be "the way it should be." Nevertheless, I'm sure EFiX's solution can achieve similar standards.

The development team also claims it took them a great deal of time to come up with EFiX, noting that, during the development phase, they had to deal with various problems, "including sabotage."

The 6 months they took to develop the EFiX OS X hack dongle also included testing, "which has been conducted […] in production environments. Industry leading professionals (who work for TV stations, recording studios and many others) rely on EFiX and Mac OS X running on standard PC hardware to get their tasks done," the team added.

PC owners looking to try out Mac OS X without fuss and, most importantly, without actually buying a Mac, should be happy to hear that EFiX is in the final testing phase, looking at a June 23rd release (that's this month).

"All the testing has went far better than what we expected and the testers have given positive feedback," the development team assures. "More information will be added soon," according to their post.

Netkas, who works on the OSX86 team, has even put up a video of the thing in action. By the looks of it, it does work as promised. Here, have a look for yourself.

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praka123

left this forum longback
no no as per apple genius ,os x cannot run on "PC"'s -pc's will explode :rolleyes: .as some wingeeks here claiming pirated windows is sooo bad and the cause for all virus problems :lol:

//note :this post is no way supporting piracy.but just want to point out the lalchy steve jobs who wants to bind hardware and software and also to the money hungry monopoly of bill gates who wants to spread windows into the minds of young kids!:)
 

iMav

The Devil's Advocate
Nice! Downloading 3+ GB ISOs was becoming frustrating. But, I don't think this will be available here in India and I do smell a potential law suit.
 
Nice! Downloading 3+ GB ISOs was becoming frustrating. But, I don't think this will be available here in India and I do smell a potential law suit.
Law suits can only go so far.

Besides, their hardware is just a plug which makes some ports to behave like some other ports. There can be no way apple can sue the company unless they specifically do something to infridge on apple's copyright, and AFAIK, apple has hardly any copyrighted stuff on its PC. Its PC is mainly a get the best from everywhere and assemble them together and rip people off kind of machine.

They will easily come to India. National Market and Nehru Bazar FTW:cool:
 
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FilledVoid

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Law suits can only go so far.

Besides, their hardware is just a plug which makes some ports to behave like some other ports. There can be no way apple can sue the company unless they specifically do something to infridge on apple's copyright, and AFAIK, apple has hardly any copyrighted stuff on its PC. Its PC is mainly a get the best from everywhere and assemble them together and rip people off kind of machine.

Um Hello??

It modifies the "intended use" of the actual Software to run on Non Apple Machines. Thats good enough for a lawsuit in most countries.
 

bikdel

Alpha Geek Banned
Can we even buy a mac OS? U need to have a mac to buy it, dont you? Sorry but dont know about macs much. And what will be the cost of one original OS dvd?

PS:What are the Cons of Hackintosh.

PS: What are the Cons of Hackintosh?
 
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infra_red_dude

Wire muncher!
^^ No, you can buy Mac OS X separately.

The biggest problem with Hackintosh is driver incompatibility and the process of patching for drivers and OS updates everytime something new is released.
 

sakumar79

Technomancer
^^ Not to mention the hardware incompatibilities of generic PC components with a Mac that can cause BSODs at a similar or even faster rate than you get on Windows...

Arun
 

iMav

The Devil's Advocate
^^ No, you can buy Mac OS X separately.

The biggest problem with Hackintosh is driver incompatibility and the process of patching for drivers and OS updates everytime something new is released.
I think we can. I have seen Tiger & Leopard discs at Mac stores on sale. Not sure though.

Drivers & updating to a newer release are the biggest PITAs in a hacint0sh. Tell me about it.
 

bikdel

Alpha Geek Banned
And what makes an original mac not work on our PCs? Also what would be the price of a mac cd?
 
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