The Grand Master build of OS X 10.5 Leopard released today (9A581) has already been cracked for generic x86 computers. This final build has support for 32 and 64-bit systems on AMD and Intel SSE2/SSE3 processors. A variety of components such as graphics and wireless cards are supported too. This has been done by the ToH developers.

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Update: The OSx86 DVD is now available in the form of a Single Layer ISO for Intel pcs. Current version is RC2 and can be found under the name ToH_x86_9A581_RC2.iso.

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Apple have now completed the devlopement on the upcoming Mac OS X 10.5 operating system, codenamed Leopard having declared the final build to be of Grand Master status. This means it has completed a rigorous series of tests on stability and looking for bugs. Over 300 perviously secret features have also been revealed to the public. OS X 10.5 will be available from it's launch date of October 26th, as confirmed by Apple. Prepare for the evolution of OSx86 coming soon.

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Apple's upcoming operating system, Leopard, will introduce read support for ZFS, a new high capacity capable file system which is an open source development. Apple is looking to extend support for this to read and write and thus have been releasing developer previews and the latest, version 1.1, brings the latest code to developers to try out ready for OS X's big switch whenever it will occur. The preview includes read and write support as well as the ability to create and delete "zpools" which are like virtual partitions laid on top of a set of drives, partitions or just files.

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