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Re: Snackman post# 198689

Thursday, 09/09/2010 4:36:20 AM

Thursday, September 09, 2010 4:36:20 AM

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Found this at wiki. It may be common knowledge but this is new to me.

http://wiki.osx86project.org/wiki/index.php/TPM
As for Macs - ALL Intel Macs come with a TPM chip and Apple uses it for OS DRM. All Macs have an Apple specific private key preinstalled into their TPM which the TPM KEXT checks against a public key to ensure that the computer is a legitimate Apple computer. This is the main reason (drivers aside) that regular PCs - even ones with a TPM - can't just run MacOS X out of the box.


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