(April 30, 2013 at 3:24 pm)Love Wrote: My apologies for not providing evidence.Did you just ignore the top bit of that page? It states:
Here is the FAQ section on the official "OSx86" website (LINK). In the section with the heading "Do I need Apple hardware to run Mac OS X?", it states: "Not anymore. Projects such as OSx86 have succeeded in allowing the Intel-based version of Mac OS X to run on non-Apple hardware largely by bypassing the TPM in software".
"This page is outdated and should not be updated further. The content below is preserved purely for historical reasons. As such, any instructions or suggestions on this page may damage your system. Follow them at your own risk."
In other words, it is not accurate. I didn't deny that people used to think the TPM was restricting the OS, but it wasn't. That was a misconception; apparently believed by some in the Hackintosh community who updated that entry. Wikipedia is up to date...and denies absolutely that the TPM was ever used for that function.
Quote:I think you have some misconceptions about "hardware". You could find a laptop that has identical internal components as the MacBook Pro in terms of the CPU, memory, GPU et cetera; the only real difference would be the presence of the TPM in the Intel based MacBook, which is exactly what Mac OS looks for during the boot process. If TPM is not present, Mac OS will not boot or install. Hackintosh / hackboot bypasses the search for the TPM.I don't have any misconceptions about hardware thanks. If you read the Wikipedia entry I linked to, you'll find that there are many different technical hacks that Apple used to prevent people from installing OS X on non-standard hardware.
As I've stated before; Apple are no longer shipping Macs with TPMs. It has been this way since 2009, yet you still need a Hackintosh to get OS X installed, which should make it obvious to you that Apple are using non-TPM based methods to restrict their OS.
Plus, as I said before (yet you ignored), if a TPM is required for boot, why can I boot both my MacBooks? Both lack TPMs; both were made after 2009.
