
You can almost hear Steve Jobs flipping out right now. Psystar, notable for
its efforts to sell generic PCs with Mac OS X pre-loaded, has just released
something called Rebel
EFI. It’s software that allows you to install Mac OS X on generic PCs
without having to Hackintosh
said PC. (Hackintoshing isn’t for the weak of heart!)
How does it work? I have no idea, but Matt (or someone, it’s chaos here
today) is buying it right now and should have something up in a bit. (I don’t
have any PCs here, I’m afraid.)
Nearest I can tell, you download and burn the ISO, it performs some sort of
voodoo, then you insert the Mac OS X DVD and install like normal.
So if you’re even remotely interested in this I’d say to download it right
now because Apple’s lawyers will be all over this within a matter of
seconds. You can count on that.
Update: Psystar’s site is down but here are the installation
instructions if you managed to grab the trial version in time. Anyone get it to
work yet?
1. Download the Rebel EFI file, available here.
2. Burn the file to a
CD.
3. Insert the Rebel EFI disc into your CD drive.
4. Start or restart
your computer.
5. As computer boots up select, Boot Options or Boot Menu
Key
**Boot Options or Boot Menu Key differ by motherboard manufacturer.
6.
Select CD ROM
7. After CD loads press enter to run the CD
8. When
prompted, Eject the CD and it will ask for the Snow Leopard DVD
9. Insert the
Snow Leopard DVD
10. Select Main Language
11. Click Continue, if you want
to continue with the installation of Snow Leopard.
12. Click Agree, if you
agree.
13. Select the disk that you want to install Snow Leopard on.
a. If
no disk shows, Click on Utilities on the tool bar, then select Disk
Utilities.
b. On the left you should see your hard drive.
c. If not, a
disk is not connected or cannot be read by your computer.
d. After selecting
your hard drive click on Partition.
e. Under Volume Scheme, click current and
select 1 partition.
f. Under Volume Information, name your hard drive.
g.
Format: Mac OS Extended (Journaled)
h. At the bottom of the window Click on
the Options Button.
i. Select the GUID Partition Table
j. Click OK
k.
Click Apply
l. Click Partition
m. Quit Disk Utilities
14. Select the
disk that you want to install Snow Leopard on.
15. Click Install.
16. When
Installation completes. restart the computer
17. As the computer starts up,
insert the Rebel EFI CD
18. As computer boots up select Boot Options or Boot
Menu Key
**Boot Options or Boot Menu Key differ by motherboard
manufacturer.
19. Select CD ROM
20. Once CD loads you will see both the
Hard Disk and the Rebel EFI CD
21. Use the arrow keys to highlight the Hard
Drive
22. Press Enter to boot Hard drive.
23. Launch the Rebel EFI
application from the CD.
24. Follow the on-screen authentication
procedure.
25. Click Continue
26. Select your Keyboard
27. Click
Continue
28. Select, Do not transfer my information now.
29. Click
Continue
30. If, you have and Apple ID enter it now
31. If not, Click
Continue
32. Enter your Registration Information
33. Click Continue
34.
Create your Account Information
35. Click Continue
36. Select Time
Zone
37. Click Continue
38. Click Done