What this means, according to Twin Mac, is that software built with this update wonit run on the pirated copies of Intel OS X that are currently floating around the Internet. The site notes: “Apple is expected to deploy much stronger TPM [Trusted Platform Module] checks to final candidate builds, if not already implemented, in order to ensure the release versions of Universal Binary software will not run on non-authentic systems.”
The Mac Observer reported last month that CNET had confirmed the existence of the TPM in the Intel Transition Kits. The TPM “handshakes” with the Mac OS X installation process, which is supposed to prevent the software from being installed on non-Apple Intel-based PCs. Apple wonit stop users from installing Windows or Linux on the upcoming Intel Macs, but the company clearly wants to prevent OS X from showing up on garden variety Intel PCs.