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Darth Sushi
10-23-2009, 04:13 PM
http://www.wsh5.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/psystar-logo.jpgYep, Psystar's Rebel EFI Works: Make Your PC a Mac for $50
by Danny Allen, Oct 23, 2009 11:50 AM

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http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/4/2009/10/500x_PsyStarEFI-1.jpg

In case you missed it, Psystar's new downloadable software lets you install OS X on any PC with a Core 2 Duo, Quad, i7 or Xeon Nehalem processor. CrunchGear tried it on an HP TouchSmart, and even the touchscreen worked.

Turns out the OS X install screen takes ages to come (they thought it had crashed), but with some patience they had themselves a hackintosh.


http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/4/2009/10/500x_PsyStarEFI-2.jpg

Psystar says the $50 download allows for the permanent installation of multiple operating systems on a single system, and that it works with Windows 7. A trial version is available (with a 2 hour time limit), and comes with all the expected warnings of them not being responsible for you losing your data should thing go awry. "

:source: Source: http://gizmodo.com/5388565/yep-psystars-rebel-efi-works-make-your-pc-a-mac-for-50
TrollinThunder
10-23-2009, 04:41 PM
Awesome I might try this later. I've been thinking of using one of the various methods but this seems to be the easiest way I've seen (I don't want to mess with magic sticks and kexts and whatnot).

I almost bought a pystar machine when they first came out.
Skiz
10-23-2009, 05:41 PM
I would give it a shot if I could find it anywhere.

Doesn't appear to be on Usenet or torrents.
TrollinThunder
10-23-2009, 06:08 PM
It's downloadable free from their website then you just have 2 hours to activate for $50...
Skiz
10-23-2009, 06:39 PM
If I'm going to be using an illegal operating system, I'd rather just steal it outright. :lol:
Detale
10-23-2009, 07:17 PM
:D me too Skeez
inc188
10-23-2009, 08:59 PM
If I'm going to be using an illegal operating system, I'd rather just steal it outright. :lol:

amen

lol
iLOVENZB
10-23-2009, 09:54 PM
Gahhh can't find it anywhere.

Maybe with this article there will be some interest in this app?

/waits :whistling
SonsOfLiberty
10-24-2009, 12:12 AM
Well I just put in a couple of "requests" into some scene outlets, so hopefully I hear back, if I forget someone PM in a few days :lol:
Detale
10-24-2009, 12:20 AM
Oh I will. I'm also going to ask around about it
Callmehank
10-24-2009, 12:30 AM
Yeah, I can't find it either. Keep me posted if someone finds it.
SonsOfLiberty
10-24-2009, 12:45 AM
It was just released today or this week, so your aren't going to find any keys or cracks yet :lol:
Detale
10-24-2009, 02:00 AM
The race is on, I'm sure ;)
SonsOfLiberty
10-24-2009, 02:54 AM
So if you’re even remotely interested in this I’d say to download it right now because Apple’s lawyers will be all over this within a matter of seconds. You can count on that.
Skiz
10-24-2009, 03:05 AM
Already did. And the install instructions. :)
SonsOfLiberty
10-24-2009, 03:23 AM
Seems alot of peoples are saying it's a hoax and does not work.

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=807461
Skiz
10-24-2009, 03:49 AM
Most of that thread is bickering over copyrights and EULAs. If it were a hoax and didn't work, they wouldn't be giving a trial period I don't think. I seems to me that they've perfected the install method that they have been using to convert PC's and now have decided to sell that on it's own, thus not being illegal anymore.

Several folks in that thread say it works fine. This one is pretty much to the point:


So I glanced over all 15 or whatever pages and didn't really see much worth commenting on. Typical fanboy banter. But, I tried the "demo" to boot my retail 10.6 on my Hac (see sig for specs) and it booted flawlessly. I didn't use their app to "setup my devices" because I don't want to pay $50 when I'm completely capable of doing it myself.

Installed PCEFI, added my device ID to the graphics driver and put my audio .kext in /S/L/E. Flawless Hacintosh. I was able to upgrade to 10.6.1 right from System Update. This was certainly easier than the last method I used to install 10.6 (my boot132 cd wouldn't boot SL). I had to install from 10.5.

Anyway, thanks to Pystar for the loader. Quite awesome. And if you do a little reading, you don't have to pay the $50.
SonsOfLiberty
10-24-2009, 04:36 AM
Hmmm, I'm lazy and don't want to read, so what's the work around not to pay $50? Not to setup the audio and graphics and what not?

At least if Apple shuts it down or the site goes down, I'll have the ISO and will upload it to Usenet, and once I'm un-drunk, I will right up a tutorial to bypass the $50 fee, and hopefully my friends at VDOWN (BetaMaster, FFF, SND, CORE, iND's, ETC) will break this bad boy apart.
dutchmaster420
10-25-2009, 07:16 AM
Yay just got a hand me down dell core 2 duo

LOL I would never ever pay for this shit though, its bad enough we cant actually download computers...LOL
iLOVENZB
10-25-2009, 12:22 PM
Yay just got a hand me down dell core 2 duo

LOL I would never ever pay for this shit though, its bad enough we cant actually download computers...LOL

Hand me down c2duo? Wtf were you using before?

Download computers..classic.

"You wouldn't download a computer" :lol:
SonsOfLiberty
10-26-2009, 12:08 AM
Yay just got a hand me down dell core 2 duo

LOL I would never ever pay for this shit though, its bad enough we cant actually download computers...LOL

You don't, you can use the free boot loader and just follow the guide (depending on PC) at InsanelyMac.
http://chameleon.osx86.hu/
Skiz
10-26-2009, 09:24 PM
Any word on a serial or crack for this yet? :cry:
SonsOfLiberty
10-27-2009, 01:18 AM
Nah, no one has got back to me yet...and don't use Google to search it, every result is bogus :lol:
Detale
10-28-2009, 12:52 AM
Was just coming to this thread to see if any progress was made. Thanks for the info and Congrats on the promotion T