{"id":144,"date":"2008-09-17T11:38:41","date_gmt":"2008-09-17T18:38:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briantroy.com\/blog\/2008\/09\/17\/os-x-installing-efi-x-now-shipping-for-155\/"},"modified":"2008-09-17T11:38:41","modified_gmt":"2008-09-17T18:38:41","slug":"os-x-installing-efi-x-now-shipping-for-155","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogarchive.briantroy.com\/index.php\/2008\/09\/17\/os-x-installing-efi-x-now-shipping-for-155\/","title":{"rendered":"OS X-installing EFi-X now shipping for $155"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fascinating&#8230; but not sure I&#8217;d be an early adopter on this.<\/p>\n<p>What is really interesting is how many companies are taking a run a Apple&#8217;s refusal to let OSX load on non-apple hardware. It appears there are several lawyers that believe there is a valid defense available. We will just have to wait and see.<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"http:\/\/feeds.engadget.com\/~r\/weblogsinc\/engadget\/~3\/395305082\/\">\n<p>Filed under: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.engadget.com\/category\/desktops\/\" rel=\"tag\">Desktops<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.engadget.com\/category\/laptops\/\" rel=\"tag\">Laptops<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.efixusa.net\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" vspace=\"16\" hspace=\"4\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogsmithmedia.com\/www.engadget.com\/media\/2008\/09\/efix-06-23-08.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>After a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2008\/07\/05\/os-x-installing-efix-device-gets-a-price-release-date\/\">few<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2008\/06\/23\/efix-os-x-installing-usb-device-now-available\/\">false starts<\/a>, the OS X-installing EFi-X dongle is finally shipping to consumers. Currently, two versions are up for grabs: the USB V1 for the average joe \/ jane and the USB V2 Developers Unit for, well, developers. In short, plugging this gem into your PC will enable select systems to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2008\/06\/13\/efix-wants-to-bring-osx86-to-the-masses\/\">install OS X<\/a>, but we&#8217;d take a hard look at the fine print (and certified systems) before blindly plunking down $155 and hoping for the best.<\/p>\n<p>  [Via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2008\/09\/16\/efix-allows-mac-os-x-to-boot-on-a-pc\/\">MacRumors<\/a>, thanks Joseph]<\/p>\n<h6 style=\"clear:both;padding:8px 0 0;height:2px;font-size:1px;border:0;margin:0;padding:0;\"><\/h6>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.engadget.com\/~r\/weblogsinc\/engadget\/~4\/395305082\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" \/> [From <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.engadget.com\/~r\/weblogsinc\/engadget\/~3\/395305082\/\"><cite>OS X-installing EFi-X now shipping for $155<\/cite><\/a>]\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fascinating&#8230; but not sure I&#8217;d be an early adopter on this. What is really interesting is how many companies are taking a run a Apple&#8217;s refusal to let OSX load on non-apple hardware. It appears there are several lawyers that believe there is a valid defense available. We will just have to wait and see.&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.briantroy.com\/index.php\/2008\/09\/17\/os-x-installing-efi-x-now-shipping-for-155\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">OS X-installing EFi-X now shipping for $155<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,12],"tags":[50,98,114,295],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogarchive.briantroy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogarchive.briantroy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogarchive.briantroy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogarchive.briantroy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogarchive.briantroy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=144"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogarchive.briantroy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogarchive.briantroy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogarchive.briantroy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=144"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogarchive.briantroy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}