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#1
March 27th, 2004, 11:32 PM
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 mac os x on pc/windows? Hi, I can't buy a real MAC and so was wondering if you can run mac os x on a PC or run it in a vmware session? or does it HAVE to be on MAC technology? thanks! C  |
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#2
March 28th, 2004, 12:16 AM
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| You can't do it, sorry. Get a used mac maybe?  (welcome on board, craig)
__________________ MacBook Pro + Mac mini | Newton 2000 | @Work : Dell D620 & 2x20" + a lot of Macs | Workstation, VC & Fusion Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. ~ Samuel Clemens | Rants | Photos |
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#5
March 28th, 2004, 03:21 AM
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| You can run on some x86 Linux versions the Mac OS but only up to 8 version, tops!  So, basically you cannot have Mac OS...X (aka Panther or 10.3)  Never forget that you can buy a used Mac with $500-$600 and it will be able to run OS X just fine! And maybe it well let you do some things that NO high end Wintels/Amds can duplicate 
__________________ I find your lack of faith... Disturbing! Windows is a 32-bit extension to a 16-bit graphical shell for an 8-bit operating system originally coded for a 4-bit microprocessor by a 2-bit company that can't stand 1 bit of competition ...not the sharpest knife in the drawer... |
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#6
March 28th, 2004, 07:24 AM
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| Or if you're really desparate, you can get the underlying OS of OS X running. Check out Darwin. Its open source, and it runs on x86. However, it looks nothing like OS X. |
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#7
March 28th, 2004, 08:48 AM
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| there are some mac emulatros for mac os but all of them are for mac os 9.x or earlier - all those i saw were indeed for 7.1 to 8.6 and that is pretty old and not what you want (OS X is very different) more about darwin here: http://developer.apple.com/darwin/ it does not promise on which systems it does run. i was a few years ago wanting to install darwin on a pc .. ended up playing with a lot of linuxes instead, and once i had saved enough money for a mac, just got a mac (it felt like it was what i wanted).
__________________ MacBook Pro + Mac mini | Newton 2000 | @Work : Dell D620 & 2x20" + a lot of Macs | Workstation, VC & Fusion Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. ~ Samuel Clemens | Rants | Photos |
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#8
March 28th, 2004, 09:47 AM
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 cool, thanks! ok, well I guess I'll try save up or look for second hand ones! I do love my pc but I'm sick to death of usb failures and not being able to print etc etc and right now the linux desktop doesn't cut it but I'm sure the macosx does fine, that with virtual-pc I should be good to go Tell me, how do you guys play games? I love things like Westwood's Generals but those things aren't available for mac? Do any of you develop via virtual-pc on a mac? That is really what a need because my job revolves around .net programming but it does seem a bit dumb to run a mac (stable) yet still have to program in an emulated (xp) which will still cause problems..... not sure its worth it yet.  thanks Craig |
