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• Installation Guides
• Frequently Asked Questions and Technical FAQ. Also check out our Knowledge Base and Dictionary of OSx86 Terms.
• Tips And Tricks.

Software and Development

• Developer Resource Center
• X86 software
• PPC Games (NEW!)
• Darwine allows you to run Windows applications on your Mac OS X x86 system! Find the guide and a list of working applications that you can contribute to here.

Hardware

• Confused about EFI? Read all about it on our new EFI page.

• 10.4.3 hardware compatibility lists: Components, Portable computers, Desktop computers (NEW!)

• 10.4.1 hardware compatibility lists: PCs, Components

• Incompatible hardware: 10.4.1, 10.4.3

• Visit our TPM Resource Center for everything you've ever wanted to know about the Trusted Platform Module.

• We've discovered that Rosetta uses TCPA/TPM DRM. Some parts of the GUI like ATSServer are still not native to x86 - meaning that Rosetta is required by the GUI, which in turn requires TPM. See the forum topic here.

Tips and Tweaks

• Having a problem with your audio card? Is your USB printer broken? How about PowerPC apps? Our Tips And Tricks page covers these problems and much more..

• Check and see if your PC Hardware Compatibility List (HCL) or Hardware components are supported.

• If your OSx86 installation is running slowly, please check out our SpeedBoost section.

• Finally, SSE2 patches will help you get PPC apps working on older SSE2 machines.

News

• 14 Jan 2006 First Look Inside A New iMac
• 12 Jan 2006 Apple's Hidden Message to Hackers: "Dont Steal Mac OS X"
• 11 Jan 2006 Will New Intel Macs Run Windows?

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• There are many missing translations on the FAQ. If you want to help out, add a translation!

Links

• History of Mac OS X on Intel

• Apple Guide to Kernel Programming

• Apple Developer Transition Resource Center

• OSx86 vs. Real Mac