Running Mac OS X On Standard PCs

ZDOne writes "ZDNet's reviews team have been tinkering with the various ways of running OS X on standard PCs. They found that with the right hardware components, a standard PC running Mac OS X Leopard is, at first sight, no different from a genuine Apple Mac. Special CPU extensions such as Intel VT-x provide support for software solutions like Parallels Desktop for Mac. Even Adobe Photoshop, which queries a Mac to verify its authenticity, runs fine on a standard PC thanks to EFI emulation. However the article points out that it's a pretty technical proposition to get OS X running on non-Apple hardware, beyond all but the most powerful power users. And then there is the legal question. Don't even think about trying to put OS X on your PC without first purchasing a legitimate copy of Mac OS Leopard."

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Purchasing OSX

[c0ol]

Don't even think about trying to put OS X on your PC without first purchasing a legitimate copy of Mac OS Leopard. What, never :)

Legality?

[actionbastard]

Don't even think about trying to put OS X on your PC without first purchasing a legitimate copy of Mac OS Leopard.

Doing any of this is in violation of the EULA. Do they really believe someone who does this is going to 'buy' a copy of the OS?
How naive.

Re: Eur 1800 for a webcam??

[WaroDaBeast]

Mod parent (further) up. That guy's totally right about Macs' design and how breakable HP laptops are.

I've used a couple of them, and every single time I did, there were broken keys. And if that wasn't enough, the machine, although not riddled with tonnes of programmes, would freeze, sometimes up to five minutes to load a CPS2 emulator when all I had open were a web browser and an IM client. That laptop's CPU was an Athlon 64 3500+, and my then current rig (which sported an Athlon XP 2600+) would load said emulator seamlessly.