Psystar Software Will Make Your PC Run OS X

Psystar fears no Apple.

Apple is a company that likes to control the experience of its customers. It likes to craft its products from top to bottom, both in hardware and software.

Ever since Apple went with Intel processors, the hardware differences between Macs and PCs became minimal. The software that runs on the hardware, however, remains very different mostly due to Mac OS X.

Windows runs natively on a Mac thanks to Boot Camp, but the relationship is mostly just one way. In Apple's EULA, it states that its Mac OS X software may only be used on Apple hardware – something that PC enthusiasts find unfortunate and restrictive.

Psystar, seemingly fearless in its technological adventures hackintosh-related, has released a new software tool called Rebel EFI that advertises the ability to install any OS on PCs with Intel Core 2 Duo, Core 2 Quad, i7 or Xeon Nehalem CPUs. Of course, by "any OS," the company is clearly pushing Mac OS X.

If you've been wondering what all the fuss is about surrounding Mac OS X, this could be one experimental/economical way to find out. Psystar currently has a time-limited demo available for download for those to try out in order to decide if it's effective enough to be worth the $49.99 purchase price.

Check out all the details here, download links included.

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PodSix , October 24, 2009 4:28 AM

Gentlemen, start your attorneys.
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cybrcatter , October 24, 2009 4:33 AM

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In Apple's EULA, it states that its Mac OS X software may only be used on Apple hardware – something that PC enthusiasts find unfortunate and restrictive.

I see nothing unfortunate. I must be in the minority of pc enthusiasts.
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08nwsula , October 24, 2009 4:43 AM

psystar has always seemed a little shady, but I give them credit for sticking it to apple. If apple wanted such exclusivity, they should have stuck to their own hardware instead of copying windows machines.

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jrsdav , October 24, 2009 4:23 AM

It works, and it's worth it.
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PodSix , October 24, 2009 4:28 AM

Gentlemen, start your attorneys.
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cybrcatter , October 24, 2009 4:33 AM

Quote:
In Apple's EULA, it states that its Mac OS X software may only be used on Apple hardware – something that PC enthusiasts find unfortunate and restrictive.

I see nothing unfortunate. I must be in the minority of pc enthusiasts.
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kyeana , October 24, 2009 4:35 AM

Didn't psystar get caught a while ago simply ripping off open source projects and selling them as their own?
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08nwsula , October 24, 2009 4:43 AM

psystar has always seemed a little shady, but I give them credit for sticking it to apple. If apple wanted such exclusivity, they should have stuck to their own hardware instead of copying windows machines.
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agnickolov , October 24, 2009 4:45 AM

That was EFI-X...
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njkid3 , October 24, 2009 4:57 AM

props for them sticking it to the man
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Hellbound , October 24, 2009 4:57 AM

I smell a law suit..... Tomorrows story "Apply Sues Psystar Over Patent Infringing Software".
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Yoder54 , October 24, 2009 5:03 AM

08nwsulaIf apple wanted such exclusivity, they should have stuck to their own hardware instead of copying windows machines.

That is one of the stupidest statements that I have heard in quite sometime. Copying Windows machines? The Apple I was the first with a single circuit board used in a computer. The first home computer with a GUI or graphical user interface was the Apple Lisa. Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak made the first ready-made personal computer. The Apple II was one of the first computers with a color display. The Apple Newton MessagePad is one of the first-ever Personal Digital Assistants (PDA) - a term coined by Apple's then-CEO John Sculley. Then there is the iPod and all of the "firsts" that came with it.

So what is it that Apple is copying from the "PC"?" Please don't say the OS.

pple was the company that made personal computing affordable and they have always been knocked for being so proprietary. If you are referring to the OS, well you need to read about the OS wars and learn who stole what from whom.
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Honis , October 24, 2009 5:04 AM

I'm running AMD machines... Damn!

As much as I dislike Apple, I do want to learn how to use OS X cheaply.
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the_krasno , October 24, 2009 5:16 AM

podsixGentlemen, start your attorneys.

So true and so sad. Who the hell Apple is to tell me what I can install or not in MY hardware!? If I paid for it, I can do as much as I want to with it.
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anonymous@guest , October 24, 2009 5:22 AM

OSX Server can be run in a VM. but that probably wont be cheap though... But if your running an AMD chip with virtualization support it's possible.
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wildwell , October 24, 2009 5:36 AM

Wow, $49 for the Psystar software and $29 for the OS. It's cheaper to try out Mac OSX than it is to try Windows 7.

NOTE: I would also like to point out that Tom's is currently conducting a poll regarding a Mac OS section in the forums.
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/32340-12-forum
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ern88 , October 24, 2009 5:58 AM

Good luck playing games like Modern warfare 2 and others. Graet for the business types I guess. OS X sucks for gamers.
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pender21 , October 24, 2009 5:59 AM

Try the Chameleon Bootloader - it is free, and works like a real OS X machine with updates and not like a hackinstosh.
http://aserebln.blogspot.com/
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war2k9 , October 24, 2009 6:07 AM

For $78 I might buy an apple os.
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JonathanDeane , October 24, 2009 6:11 AM

After some quick searching I see this is not the first software that allows you to do this (although its probably a fair bit easier) Interesting to me, ultimately useless but I will play around with it
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raden_muaz , October 24, 2009 6:14 AM

HonisI'm running AMD machines... Damn!As much as I dislike Apple, I do want to learn how to use OS X cheaply.

Well you can still use typical Hackintosh like everyone else. At least it's somehow free.
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kingssman , October 24, 2009 6:18 AM

How does Psystar expect to stay in business with such blatent lawsuit infringement. At least EFI-X stood a chance because it wasn't made "exclusively" to install OSx on PCs, it just gave you the option to. Course EFI-X also stole from open source communities.
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chesterman86 , October 24, 2009 6:51 AM

does it run on atom?

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