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  1. 02-04-2007, 09:26 AM #1
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    OSX on PC

    Hi,

    is this possible? How hard is it to do? A friend can lend me the installation CD for OS X...

    TIA
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  2. 02-04-2007, 09:32 AM #2
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    it is possible if you have the OSX for x86. However you may have driver issues or similar problems.
    Fast computers breed slow, lazy programmers
    The price of reliability is the pursuit of the utmost simplicity. It is a price which the very rich find most hard to pay.
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  3. 02-04-2007, 09:38 AM #3
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    Well, my friend has a MacBook Pro.. I will use his CD

    What do I have to do to get it to run? Can I just insert the CD?
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    basically insert the CD and hopes it accepts your chipset and graphics
    Fast computers breed slow, lazy programmers
    The price of reliability is the pursuit of the utmost simplicity. It is a price which the very rich find most hard to pay.
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  5. 02-04-2007, 10:17 AM #5
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    Don't you need EFI?
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    Also, is it worth doing? (I guess asking that in this part of the forum only has one positive answer)
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    Also, is it worth doing? (I guess asking that in this part of the forum only has one positive answer)
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    theres betas that dont require efi. my friend has osx on a x2 4400 with a asus mobo, but the sound doesnt work as theres no drivers. you might get it to work, but very unlikely to work well...
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  9. 02-04-2007, 10:33 AM #9
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    Quote Originally Posted by cky2k6
    theres betas that dont require efi. my friend has osx on a x2 4400 with a asus mobo, but the sound doesnt work as theres no drivers. you might get it to work, but very unlikely to work well...
    Those are illegal.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mr. Popo
    Those are illegal.
    not exactly
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  11. 02-04-2007, 10:51 AM #11
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    Quote Originally Posted by nn_step
    not exactly
    The "OSx86" copy is illegal.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mr. Popo
    The "OSx86" copy is illegal.
    unless you buy it retail, which you actually can do
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  13. 02-04-2007, 11:05 AM #13
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    Quote Originally Posted by nn_step
    unless you buy it retail, which you actually can do
    I'm not talking about the Apple OS X for x86, I'm talking about the one that is labeled as "OSx86", the copy that is shared illegally.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mr. Popo
    I'm not talking about the Apple OS X for x86, I'm talking about the one that is labeled as "OSx86", the copy that is shared illegally.
    I don't see how it is a problem to use it if you legally own a copy of OSX.
    IT is kinda like saying, hey I bought Windows XP and modified it for my own uses by adding the drivers for my PC onto the CD.
    Fast computers breed slow, lazy programmers
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    Quote Originally Posted by nn_step
    I don't see how it is a problem to use it if you legally own a copy of OSX.
    IT is kinda like saying, hey I bought Windows XP and modified it for my own uses by adding the drivers for my PC onto the CD.
    Well Apple is not too happy with it, the fact is it's illegal to link it.
    You may think it's ok, but Apple does not.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mr. Popo
    Well Apple is not too happy with it, the fact is it's illegal to link it.
    You may think it's ok, but Apple does not.
    True, because apple seems to think being a "whole System Provider" would be best for their financial future. Which actually cuts deeply into their growth potential. They have an extremely user friendly OS and it supports a good list of games http://wiki.osx86project.org/wiki/index.php/PPC_Games
    and for the standard home user it is a great product if they didn't have to buy Apple specific hardware. Heck a copy of OSX costs more than the home edition of Vista
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    Quote Originally Posted by nn_step
    I don't see how it is a problem to use it if you legally own a copy of OSX.
    IT is kinda like saying, hey I bought Windows XP and modified it for my own uses by adding the drivers for my PC onto the CD.

    Doesn't apple because OSX is not running on their apple branded PC?

    Anyways, been running OSx86 for 2 years haha
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  18. 02-04-2007, 02:21 PM #18
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    Quote Originally Posted by Celeron Gamer
    Doesn't apple because OSX is not running on their apple branded PC?

    Anyways, been running OSx86 for 2 years haha
    2 years? i thought apple just made the switch one year ago.

    anyway, i have osx on my thinkpad, it's nice.
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    Erm, its a little weird how a lot of peeps dont have a case for their PC.....essentially thats a cheat because in a case things always run hotter, yet ppl will claim their OC "stable"

    Sorry, in my book nothing is valid unless its in a case, and hence, a "normal" environment, by all means go nuts on cooling not a problem, but an open top setup with an OC ppl claim to be stable when in all reality inside a PC it probably won't be? Thats just unacceptable to me.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Qkjhfhaiguihfma
    2 years? i thought apple just made the switch one year ago.

    anyway, i have osx on my thinkpad, it's nice.
    You can run it through an emu afaik
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    Even if you have a valid copy of Mac OS X that isn't installed on a Mac. It is still illegal. It says right in the license agreement that it must be installed on a Mac computer.
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  21. 02-06-2007, 04:07 PM #21
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    Quote Originally Posted by lowfat
    Even if you have a valid copy of Mac OS X that isn't installed on a Mac. It is still illegal. It says right in the license agreement that it must be installed on a Mac computer.
    lol, no Mac OS X for us.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ket
    Erm, its a little weird how a lot of peeps dont have a case for their PC.....essentially thats a cheat because in a case things always run hotter, yet ppl will claim their OC "stable"

    Sorry, in my book nothing is valid unless its in a case, and hence, a "normal" environment, by all means go nuts on cooling not a problem, but an open top setup with an OC ppl claim to be stable when in all reality inside a PC it probably won't be? Thats just unacceptable to me.
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    It's illegal to crack the software to run on a PC.

    The thinkpad support forum has a good thread on getting it to run on a thinkpad, basically you want a Jas or Hotisto rip, then set it up and running, then upgrade.
    In short, both AMD and NVIDIA discovered that their next-generation graphics cards are superior to each others' last-generation graphics cards.
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    Lestat that was a stupid comment


    OCX is legal IF you have a CD...you can load it 100000000 times if you like
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    Quote Originally Posted by dinos22
    OCX is legal IF you have a CD...you can load it 100000000 times if you like
    0 of which times can be on a non-Mac.
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