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EFiX’s Parent Company Says They Will Not Be Selling Mac Clones

9:39AM December 13, 2008 | Adrian Covert

After EFiX USA mentioned plans to sell Mac clones, OS X dongle maker and parent company ASE quickly killed those plans and sent their U.S. distributor to bed without dinner, according to Tom’s Hardware.

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Review: EFiX Dongle Perfectly Transforms PC to Mac

6:30AM September 17, 2008 | Matt Buchanan

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When we first heard about EFiX—a simple USB dongle that’ll let you magically install Leopard on your PC—it sounded too fantastic to be true. Well, I used it to turn my gaming PC into a Mac Pro over the weekend, and I’m somewhat amazed to say this, but it works perfectly.

I grabbed all the updates straight from Apple—including 10.5.5 last night, so you don’t have to wait for a hacked patch like you would running a typical Hackintosh—installed a whole bunch of software and have been using it for several days. It runs beautifully, just like a real Mac Pro.

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