REVENGE Posted April 8, 2007 Share Posted April 8, 2007 The elite Apple hacker Semthex, well known 'round these parts, along with the folks who run AppleTVHacks.net, have managed to successfully install OS X onto the $300 Apple TV [computer] appliance. While 3D acceleration, audio, and ethernet are currently MIA, this "giant leap" for Apple TV hacking should be a sign of the numerous things to come. Anyways, enough of my ramblings. Go visit the AppleTVHacks site and see for yourself what handiwork they've done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AriX Posted April 8, 2007 Share Posted April 8, 2007 Um... Old? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prawker Posted April 8, 2007 Share Posted April 8, 2007 Very Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REVENGE Posted April 8, 2007 Author Share Posted April 8, 2007 I guess this is what happens when you're away from the site for a month, then decide to post news. XD Sorry, I just found it odd the team didn't put this on FPN. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TvvqKMZ72bsklauw5 Posted April 8, 2007 Share Posted April 8, 2007 Nice to finally see this in the front page news area; however, this is, nevertheless, old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detosx Posted April 8, 2007 Share Posted April 8, 2007 Thanks Revenge, good to see it as front page news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cringemaster Posted April 8, 2007 Share Posted April 8, 2007 call me when i can use it as an everyday computer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danyel Posted April 9, 2007 Share Posted April 9, 2007 The elite Apple hacker Semthex, well known 'round these parts, along with the folks who run AppleTVHacks.net, have managed to successfully install OS X onto the $300 Apple TV [computer] appliance. While 3D acceleration, audio, and ethernet are currently MIA, this "giant leap" for Apple TV hacking should be a sign of the numerous things to come. Anyways, enough of my ramblings. Go visit the AppleTVHacks site and see for yourself what handiwork they've done! The article isn't *that* old (about a week). This is still impressive nonetheless because AppleTV has been hacked by so many in such short time (within few days). This bodes well for future of hacking AppleTV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
postaldave Posted April 10, 2007 Share Posted April 10, 2007 ok, so it CAN be done. what is the word on how it runs? i'm all for the "see if it can be done" factor but would it be worth it to go buy an appleTV and do this. honestly besides the size of it, most any other solution for networked intergrated television will kick the {censored} out of appleTV. i would buy one to run a cheap osX before i would buy one to watch TV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guyin916 Posted April 10, 2007 Share Posted April 10, 2007 don't forget the youtube video of the dude playing super mario bros! =D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoda75 Posted April 10, 2007 Share Posted April 10, 2007 The only thing I'm wondering is about the ATV kernel. Supposedly, ATV runs on an SSE2 CPU which means the kernel was coded specifically for that instruction set. I wonder if this could help Semthex and others to put together a stable SSE2 compatible 10.4.8/10.4.9 release. The ones I've tried so far have had a lot of issues. I am tying to install on an older configuration (socket 478 P4 CPU) so I am not really complaining. I'm just hoping for something that could work on an older setup like the one I'm working on right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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