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RebelEFI: more information

By Alex McLarty on October 26, 2009 in News. 0 Comments Tags: , , .

Received an email from Psystar regarding RebelEFI, their method that allows users to install Mac OS X on generic hardware:

Compatible Hardware:

The RebelEFI Hardware Compatibility List (HCL) can be found at http://wiki.psystar.com . Here you will be able to find information regarding your hardware. If your device/computer is not listed it doesn’t mean it wont load. You may download a trail copy at http://cdn.psystar.com/rebelefi_latest.iso and give it a shot. We suggest everyone uses the trail before they purchase. At this time AMD processors are not supported. Updates to RebelEFI including change log will be posted both on http://wiki.psystar.com and http://community.psystar.com . Hardware still not working? Don’t get discouraged. Psystar is actively adding more hardware support to RebelEFI. Psystar will at no charge inspect your physical computer for hardware compatibility. You will need to emaillabs@psystar.com to receive a DID (Device Identification Number), once this number is issued you will need to ship you computer to Psystar headquarters and include a return shipping label. More information will be received
when applying for a DID.

Netkas wrote a seemingly cryptic post on Friday with the title “Parasites, such parasites” followed by “You all know who I’m talking about”.

It’s safe to assume Netkas is referring to Psystar who are moving to cash in on the desire of some users to use Mac OS X without a Mac. RebelEFI is clearly at odds with the open-source Chameleon initiative that Netkas supports.

RebelEFI

By Alex McLarty on October 23, 2009 in News. 0 Comments Tags: , , .
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You don’t want to buy a Mac, but you want to use Mac OS X and you don’t mind breaking the Mac OS X EULA. Hello RebelEFI!

Psystar, makers of Mac clones, attractors of lawsuits, have gone deep, low level, swimming further into the dark waters of Hackintosh and made their own bit-o-software to install Mac OS X on non-Mac hardware. I’d imagine that Psystar are hoping RebelEFI can put a professional touch to installing Mac OS X on your chosen machine, appealing to those users less inclined to climb inside the guts of their machine and get shat out in a kernel panic.

It’s a clever move, placing the onus of breaking the Mac OS X EULA on the user, instead of the company. I wonder if it’ll protect Psystar from Apple and the courts?

There are a lot of questions, hopefully they’ll be answered soon.

Psystar: attack of the clones

By Alex McLarty on August 5, 2008 in News. 0 Comments Tags: , , , .
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I spoke to Christian Infante at Psystar a few weeks ago about their particular brand of computers: Open Computers.

The Open Computer is a PC that works just like a Mac with Apple’s latest operating system OS X 10.5 a.k.a. Leopard. With the Open Computer you can run OS X natively as if you had purchased an expensive Apple computer except that, while paying less, you receive more.

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