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Originally Posted by vdbucks
As in my last post, with 10.7 came the ability to run pure OS X. No modified kernels, no modified kexts, no EFI strings. 10.6 was trickier for sure, but the end result was the same.
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And, since I run a Mac, I never had to do any of those things. Shazzam.
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Originally Posted by vdbucks
Why would I need to worry about Apple support? Unlike you, I know exactly what is in my machines, and therefore I wouldn't be stuck calling a hotline and saying "something' wrong, please help". I'd know how to identify the problem and fix it myself.
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So your assertion is that when I run into a kext that is broken in an OS X update, I should somehow modify it myself instead of talking to my dedicated Apple rep, who forwards it to Engineering, who fixes it in the next rev? Yup, makes perfect sense. Wtf?
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Originally Posted by vdbucks
I could run Lion, and likely even mountain lion, on this machine in their pure form - meaning not having to "hack" shit to make it work flawlessly.
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Originally Posted by vdbucks
The only thing I have to do is run a separate boot loader to work around lack of EFI in my bios.
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Ok, I'm out. Like shooting fish in a barrel.