Apple TV Hacks Hack Apple TV

Um... Old?

Very

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.

Nice to finally see this in the front page news area; however, this is, nevertheless, old.

Thanks Revenge, good to see it as front page news.

call me when i can use it as an everyday computer.

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.

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.

don't forget the youtube video of the dude playing super mario bros! =D

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.