8 Jun
2005
8 Jun
'05
12:07 p.m.
Steven N. Hirsch wrote:
My question is: Given the ability of upcoming Intel
(and AMD) CPUs to
self-virtualize seamlessly, how long will it take for someone to hack up a
"preboot" supervisor layer which will support OS X on a garden-variety PC?
They would almost have to resort to hardware-based DRM voodoo to prevent
it.
Even then, it won't matter, as anything contained in ROM/BIOS/whatever will be
dumped with some program and used to emulate the later that the OS is looking
for. Same thing has already occured (to a lesser extent) in the current Xbox
hacking scene.
The only thing that would have a chance of working (for a while, anyway) is
something like PGP-style encryption, where a particular copy of an OS could
only be decrypted by keys in ROM. This means each MacTel *must* ship with the
OS pre-installed, as they would be tied to each other. But this is a ton of
hassle for the end consumer should anything go wrong, so it won't come about (
or last long).
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