In previous posts, I explained my experiences installing Mac OS X on a regular PC. This has of course been using copies in which individuals have made various “hacks” to make it work on non-apple-branded computers. In fact, rather than wipe my Windows install every time I wanted to experiment, I ended up dedicating a 2nd hard drive to playing with the Mac OS. For the most part though, things were pretty dull for the majority of the year. Ever since the individual known as “Maxxuss” disappeared (the guy who “cracked” the kernel), there really hadn’t been anything major brought to the scene. “JaS” and “Myzar” were both able to create new releases to co-incide with Mac OS X updates, but they were still based on an old kernel. In the hardware-compatibility area, there were also gains, but for the most part, progress was the slow time-consuming thing that you’d expect, and there weren’t really any major breakthroughs to excite the community. A large part of this was because the old kernel was still in use. Those running OS X on a PC didn’t get the performance enhancements, support for new hardware, etc.
In recent times however, things have begun to get a little more exciting. continue reading…
