Do you think this will get to production?

wire-screw · 5 Apr 2013 at 18:08

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/quo/projectq-run-any-os-the-unique-motherboard

It's a motherboard for any OS inc OSX, although it doesn't say so. Does Apple have any basis for legal action? I'm surprised gigabyte has agreed to make them.

MrMoonX · 5 Apr 2013 at 18:33

it breaches the term of OSX I would think

Monkeynut · 5 Apr 2013 at 18:35

The OSX part is a little concerning as Apple are known to sue the pants off of anything that looks at them the wrong way. I'm not sure what's too special about this board though over the custom EFI/BIOS?

Deleted member 77746 · 5 Apr 2013 at 18:37

MrMoonX said:
it breaches the term of OSX I would think

Yes it certainly does... I'm not sure if this would be allowed.

Pawnless Endgame · 5 Apr 2013 at 18:45

What about virtualisation? That allows you to emulate Mac OS on top of a Windows PC.

wire-screw · 5 Apr 2013 at 18:48

I just think it lets you load an OSX install without a boot loader and then uses hardware that is easily compatible with OSX.

Tefal · 5 Apr 2013 at 18:54

Monkeynut said:
The OSX part is a little concerning as Apple are known to sue the pants off of anything that looks at them the wrong way. I'm not sure what's too special about this board though over the custom EFI/BIOS?

you'd think the eu would crush them for that though, using their software presence to try and dictate the hardware market.

AdmiralChewWood · 5 Apr 2013 at 18:57

it looks great but i can see apple having a field day...

IIRC you would be breaking apples EULA even if you emulate os on top of a windows pc as you may not run osx on non-apple hardware.

jamiehavok · 5 Apr 2013 at 19:06

i don't get it, cant any motherboard run any OS 1 way or another anyway!?

Destination · 5 Apr 2013 at 19:06

Tefal said:
you'd think the eu would crush them for that though, using their software presence to try and dictate the hardware market.

EU haven't got an app for that yet :/

Mr-White · 5 Apr 2013 at 19:21

As long as they don't mentioned OSX not a lot they can do.

Why would you want to run OSX any way ?

MW

Raikiri · 5 Apr 2013 at 19:27

Mr-White said:
Why would you want to run OSX any way ?

MW

Software that isn't on windows, or simply preference.

Deleted member 77746 · 5 Apr 2013 at 19:29

Mr-White said:
As long as they don't mentioned OSX not a lot they can do.

Why would you want to run OSX any way ?

MW

OSX is better..

Russinating · 5 Apr 2013 at 19:36

Mr-White said:
Why would you want to run OSX any way ?

Doomedspeed · 5 Apr 2013 at 20:06

By the time this would be out 1155 will be long dead...

Hyburnate · 5 Apr 2013 at 20:12

Doomedspeed said:
By the time this would be out 1155 will be long dead...

I doubt that'll be the case completely, it'll be ideal if it's released in the next year or two if people who already own an 1155 CPU (I'm talking i3, i5, i7) want a motherboard to run OSX for, I'd like to, there's some software that I'd like to run that only runs on OSX.

TheVoice · 5 Apr 2013 at 20:14

You don't need a specific motherboard to run OSX though. There are plenty of videos, guides etc out there for making a "Hackintosh" and from what I've seen, you don't really need to make any specific hardware selections for it.

estebanrey · 5 Apr 2013 at 20:17

Ahh kickstarters, the modern cons.

Give us money so we can build something which we will then sell to you....um yeah OK where do I sign up?

If the demand for a product exists, then it shouldn't need a kick-starter in the first place.

Also...

$189,451
pledged of $87,000 goal

So what happens to the $102,451 surplus? I guess the guy just pockets it then. And what's to stop this all being nothing, and a few months later he says the project's been pulled for 'technical reasons' and just ****s off?

this_is_gav · 5 Apr 2013 at 20:18

Hyburnate said:
I doubt that'll be the case completely, it'll be ideal if it's released in the next year or two if people who already own an 1155 CPU (I'm talking i3, i5, i7) want a motherboard to run OSX for, I'd like to, there's some software that I'd like to run that only runs on OSX.

Even assuming there are enough people out there who want to run OSX without a Mac, how are they going to market a motherboard which will run OSX if they can't mention OSX?

Given that every other noteworthy OS will run on it anyway, surely it's an unmarketable product?

Hyburnate · 5 Apr 2013 at 20:19

this_is_gav said:
Even assuming there are enough people out there who want to run OSX without a Mac, how are they going to market a motherboard which will run OSX if they can't mention OSX?

Given that every other noteworthy OS will run on it anyway, surely it's an unmarketable product?

I can see where you're coming from with that actually.