[SOLVED] Mac os on a pc!

[tejabhai]

can v install mac osx on a pc or a laptop?

 

[strangestranger]

Not easily or "legally" but I believe people do.

Google hackintosh, that is what people call them.

 

[audiovoodoo]

And maybe have a google for 'EFI boot loader'...

 

[boonality]

My brother got this to work on a Dell Laptop and it kept shutting down his computer because of heat, also he had HORRIBLE HDD performance.

 

[audiovoodoo]

Given that neither were ever intended to work together are you really that surprised? There are many reasons why apple is still a solution and not SW provider.

 

[Ijack]

Works fine in VMWare.

 

[wildwell]

Visit this site:

http://www.osx86project.org/

 

[medjohnson77]

yes it can be done, depending on you hardware choice's it makes it harder or very easy to do.

I am just getting into the world of mac, before now I wouldn't touch them. I picked up a g3 clamshell at goodwill for 2 dollars that came with the yo-yo and a dead battery. Other then that it ran fine. I upgraded the hard drive to a 30 gb and installed OS X .3.9 (It had OS 8.6) on it and upgraded the ram to 544mb and put a airport card in it and put a new battery in it. I have around $80 bucks into it, and it is letting me check out macs OS.

I find ICP's version is nice to work with on Hackins, but do check out osx86projects site if your really interested in trying to build you own. Good luck