OSX on a PC.

Cigaro · World Chat Champion Joined: 28 Mar 2007 Karma :

Has anyone here ever done it? Was it hard? How does it run and what PC are you using?

Looking at doing this on my dad's new PC to dissuade him from buying another overpriced Mac.

mr.z · World Chat Champion Joined: 04 Feb 2004 Karma :

as far as i'm aware its entirely impossible..

macs are PPC based as opposed to 386 types..
ive been useing unbutu/linux and am very impressed with it, its very mac like in its workings and looks.
Depends what he's planning on useing it for.

Don't think macs are that pricey unless its the high end ones.. which aren't any more pricey than pcs (allthough appart from dtp or high end gfx i dont see any point in them over a low end model, at least with a pc theres the games possibility)
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Cigaro · World Chat Champion Joined: 28 Mar 2007 Karma :

Sorry but you are hopelessly out of date old chap Razz

Macs are now based on the Intel architecture and I have heard of people running the latest Mac OSX Leapord on a PC but I need some opinions from actual users.

I use Ubuntu myself but he's not radical enough to switch to Linux just yet Razz

mr.z · World Chat Champion Joined: 04 Feb 2004 Karma :

Last time i looked they had the dual core thingermys? so you could switch from one to the other.. its a new one on me, i stand corrected Laughing

I'd still have thought it'd check the bios. no mac=no worky?.. maybe some kind of hackery would be needed? if it did however it'd be pretty good Very Happy

The linux thing, ive tried 4 times to get onto it and its only now i have a pc dedicated running it, much prefer it but still clinging to one windoze machine for now, its haveing a little trouble at the moment installing anything but its down to installing something else thats buggered it somehow.. i'll reinstall when i get arround to it..

Tryed suse too and liked that but couldn't for the life of me get it to network with my windows stuff, ubuntu had it all done without any input from myself.

Anyways, good luck Very Happy

maybe try somewhere like www.overclockers.co.uk forums.
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pwntifex · World Chat Champion Joined: 23 Aug 2006 Karma :

Yeah, should be no real problem. Might have to use linux drivers for your vid card though (and probably ndiswrapper for your network hardware).

I run Windows, OSX and Kubuntu on my MBP, for what it's worth.
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Robby · Dirty Old Man Joined: 16 May 2002 Karma :

Ok, you've said it 3 times, thats enough.

What the fuck is an MBP?

Jamie. · World Chat Champion Joined: 27 Dec 2005 Karma :

Mac Book Pro

What a geek.

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I want a MAC they are white and shiny with smooth edges.
They are also as expensive as hell and crap because software is only available from legit sources and not the scanks I normaly use for PC gear.
Porn is porn no matter what the OS is IMHO.
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Rovman · Scooby Slapper Joined: 09 Aug 2006 Karma :

Running Windows on a Mac is easy with bootcamp (and other methods), but getting Mac OSX on a regular PC is much more complicated. (but possible)

I never bothered trying myself (i have a MacBook anyway). Mac's have a DRM type chip on their logic/mother boards which OSX looks for which you cant get in a PC (so this requires a bit of hacking/work-around). Also Macs do not have BIOS at all, and instead run on top of EFI which needs to be worked around too.

Basically all i can say is, yes its doable, yes its difficult.

Best place to look would be this site, as these were the ones that did all the original hacking to get it working.

https://www.osx86project.org/

Also be aware that nobody actually knows if its "Legal" but it sure against Mac OSX' License agreement (even if you have a spare, purchased and unused copy)
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Dom · World Chat Champion Joined: 06 Sep 2004 Karma :

It's supposedly incredibly easy now. You've got to have an Intel processor though.

@Shaggy: That's just OSX running through VMWare, so it's emulated and as a result much slower than the real thing.
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TheShaggyDA · Repost Police Joined: 14 Jun 2004 Karma :

Yes, but it's a good way to see it in action and iron out any issues before biting the bullet.
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Dom · World Chat Champion Joined: 06 Sep 2004 Karma :

Very true, I was just pointing out that that's not quite the real deal and won't perform as well as a normal installation.
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UrbanRacer · World Chat Champion Joined: 26 Jul 2005 Karma :

woohoo, man you take yourself far too serious. who's ranting on a forum? Laughing

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I don't believe I'm ranting as I have given reasons for my opinion.

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