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post #1 of 9
4/8/06 at 5:45pm
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The hard ware is nearly the same, and yes apple is over priced for a pc with the same specs. Apple has done the unthinkable. But now what is stopping Mac OS from running on a PC with an intel chipset.

The only thing I can see is the PC bios, but there has to be a small way around it, Also drivers for mac OS. I think that would be interesting to see in the next few months. Since hackers have already figured out how partially how to put windows on mac, but now that boot camp is released these efforts could be reversed to get Mac OS on the PC. Does any one agree?
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post #2 of 9
4/8/06 at 5:59pm
um, yes, completely. it's been done for quite some time now. google my friend, google. try "osx86" for starters.
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post #3 of 9
4/8/06 at 6:18pm
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I know it have been done, but I mean with out emulation.
I would like to see the PC run Mac OS natively.
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post #4 of 9
4/8/06 at 6:21pm
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Originally Posted by triadone
um, yes, completely. it's been done for quite some time now. google my friend, google. try "osx86" for starters.

GOOGLEGOOGLEGOOGLE, heh.

Or, you know, if you can't: http://www.osx86project.org/
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post #5 of 9
4/8/06 at 6:29pm
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Originally Posted by jami1
I know it have been done, but I mean with out emulation.
I would like to see the PC run Mac OS natively.
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Yeah.. osx has been run on PCs for a long time now. Only thing is I don't think anyone's been able to get their wireless working. There's a bootable osx installation DVD floating around.
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post #6 of 9
4/8/06 at 6:30pm
Well, it has been going on for a long time, but the process isn't completely complete. You can install OS X on PC hardware, but you'll need patches/fixes/etc. in order to get it to work properly. There isn't anything like Boot Camp for the PC. While I know it is possible, the process isn't easy.
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post #7 of 9
4/8/06 at 6:57pm
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Originally Posted by jk_baller23
Well, it has been going on for a long time, but the process isn't completely complete. You can install OS X on PC hardware, but you'll need patches/fixes/etc. in order to get it to work properly. There isn't anything like Boot Camp for the PC. While I know it is possible, the process isn't easy.
Nor is it legal. The EULA that comes with OSX installed on a new Mac specifically limits its use to the original machine. And the copies of Tiger that Apple sells in the box are officially upgrades, not a stand alone piece of software. The EULA that comes with boxed version of Tiger specifies that it can only be installed on Apple Hardware. I don’t remember the exact wording but installing any of the Apple operating systems on anything other than Apple authorized hardware is a violation of the EULA. Until Apple changes its legal policy on this I don’t see much chance for any sort of open mainstream support for using OSX on a nonApple computer. They even cut some support for the OpenDarwin project with the release of the Intel Macs, apparently feeling it was getting to close to being an opensource version of OSX for x86 machines.
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post #8 of 9
4/9/06 at 2:17am
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Originally Posted by jami1
I know it have been done, but I mean with out emulation.
I would like to see the PC run Mac OS natively.
it's not emulation, otherwise i wouldn't have mentioned it. i've installed, from boot, OS X on a toshiba laptop. better? pearpc and vmware doesn't count for everyday use imo.
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post #9 of 9
4/10/06 at 4:41pm
There's a big thread about running OSX86 on PC's in the Dell forums. And, pretty much everyone's managed to get everything working.
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