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Mac OS X for Intel hits the sharing networks...
Well, it didn't take long. The developer release of Mac OS X Tiger for Intel has been leaked to the sharing networks and piracy sites across the net. Why does this matter? This developer release only runs on Apple developer boxes right? Wrong. The Apple developer boxes, as reported earlier, are standard PC's with an Intel motherboard, PC BIOS, etc. As such, OS X for Intel will install and run on a PC of similar spec—a revelation that has many a tech-hungry PC user pulling down pirate copies of OS X. A disaster for Apple...right? Not according to Shape of Days blogger Jeff Harrell in a recent, most insightful posting:
Given the absence of any run-on-Apple-hardware-only protection in this developer release, it is hard to imagine that Apple did not know that the software would be circulated, despite developer NDAs. Add to that the fact that Apple has indicated that the Intel-based developer boxes and OS X releases designed to run on them will not be supported by the consumer release of OS X and its associated updates and one begins to see a scenario that may indeed serve Apple in a positive, "get the word out" fashion.
UPDATE: A video of Mac OS X booting on a Dell laptop has been placed online here. We have no other details regarding this clip, nor can we confirm that it is authentic.
Unable to select DB"According to reports, Apple's bundled iLife applications, major selling points for the Mac operating system, are already Intel-native and run at full speed... Given Apple's experiences with software piracy, particularly the rampant software piracy that spread developer builds of Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger all over the Internet this past spring, Apple's management from the top down knows full well that this developer preview will be in the hands of every kid with a cable modem within days of its release. Most of them will be able to install it on their own computers and run it and the full suite of iLife '05 applications at full speed, and run most existing Mac software in translation. As a result, Apple will give thousands, possibly millions, of people a taste of Mac OS X running full speed on their own PCs. Apple's giving their potential future customers a free taste, that's what they're doing. It's a try-before-you-buy deal."
Given the absence of any run-on-Apple-hardware-only protection in this developer release, it is hard to imagine that Apple did not know that the software would be circulated, despite developer NDAs. Add to that the fact that Apple has indicated that the Intel-based developer boxes and OS X releases designed to run on them will not be supported by the consumer release of OS X and its associated updates and one begins to see a scenario that may indeed serve Apple in a positive, "get the word out" fashion.
UPDATE: A video of Mac OS X booting on a Dell laptop has been placed online here. We have no other details regarding this clip, nor can we confirm that it is authentic.