Funniest hackintosh I've ever did (3 Gb (1+2) RAM DDR 2 667 MHz, Intel Core Duo T2300 @1.66 MHz (might show as solo but I've fixed it), WiFi works, Ethernet does not, Bootloader: Chameleon v2.2 r2404, OS: macOS X Leopard 10.5.2 (had to use a custom ROM called Kalyway because vanilla didn't work). Ultimately, the experience of using the Surface Precision Mouse with a Mac ends up being a mixed bag. A lack of any Mac-compatible software from Microsoft seems like an early oversight and a.

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Windows RT and Mac OS are getting a lot closer, thanks to a particularly enterprising feat of jailbreaking.

Programmer Steve Troughton-Smith found a way to get an early version of Mac OS running on Microsoft’s Surface tablet, reports the The Verge. The hack, which builds on a jailbreak tool released by hacker Netham45 earlier this week, allows the Apple operating system to run inside Windows RT.

While there don’t seem to be many immediately useful applications for the Mac OS hack, the entire project is an interesting proof of concept for what can be done with both Windows RT and the Surface. Vibrant hacking communities often develop around easily hackable devices, even if the devices themselves don’t sell particularly well. Just take a look at the HTC HD2, which hackers love because they can’t install just about anything on it.

One thing, however, stands in the way of the Surface matching the status of the HD2: Secure Boot, which prevents Windows RT devices from sideloading custom operating systems (and limits the Surface homebrew scene to the relatively limited hacks like the one you’re reading about now).

Microsoft itself hasn’t been too concerned with the hack, and in fact seems to be somewhat fond of it. “We applaud the ingenuity of the folks who worked this out and the hard work they did to document it,” Microsoft said on Tuesday, slightly alleviating concerns that it will patch the exploit — at least for now.

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Opinions are still mixed on whether the Surface Pro is a helpful device or not, but there's no doubt that as far as productivity on the go is concerned, Microsoft's first Windows 8 Pro tablet clearly comes in handy.

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The Surface Pro, which was first launched in February 3, as well as the Surface Pro 2 and the Surface Pro 3 are all running the full version of Windows 8 and offer support for full desktop applications, which means that they're more or less capable of replacing your laptop quite easily.

But in case Windows 8 is not your cup of tea, there's always the option to install a different operating system, such as Mac OS X and Linux, as they both seem to be working on the Surface very smoothly.

As you can see in this photo published a couple of weeks ago on Twitter by Steve T-S, deploying Mac OS X on a Surface Pro is indeed possible, even though there are no details right now whether everything would work OK and the operating system has all drivers that the tablet needs in order to use it at its full potential.

Our resident Apple expert Filip Truta says that all Surface Pro tablets should be able to run Mac OS X since they're using an Intel CPU, so expect both the Pro 2 and the Pro 3 to be almost fully compatible with Apple's operating system, although some features might not work as expected.

Installing a different operating system on a Surface Pro, however, isn't quite a new concept. While the Surface RT does come with some limitations, also because it has an ARM processor, the Surface Pro and its successors allow users to deploy both Linux and Mac OS X by following almost the same steps as on a regular PC.

As far as Linux is concerned, for example, all you need is a live USB drive with Ubuntu or any other distribution you'd like. Just plug it into the USB port, shut down the tablet and keep volume down and power keys pressed until you get to see the Surface logo. Release them and you should be provided with several options, one of which would allow you to install the Linux distribution on the device.

Of course, make sure that you have enough space on your tablet before doing anything else and keep in mind that in some cases, not all features of the device are supported by the operating system.

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For example, in the case of Linux, we've heard that the touch cover doesn't work as expected, although the kernel has recently been updated with support for both Touch and Type covers.

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Obviously, we're still in the early stages of deploying a non-Windows platform on a Surface tablet, so expect more such tweaks to be released in the coming months.