Hi
Well, there are hacks to make it work on certain PCs, with certain
hardware combinations. None of this is supported by Apple and the
legality of doing this is still a matter for debate.
I currently don't have any working PCs, or I'd probably try to do it
just because I enjoy that sort of thing. There's a lot to take into
consideration, not least being that it might be illegal, at least here
in the U.S. Strictly speaking, according to the license agreement it
would be, but there's not really any precedent and whether license
agreements are enforceable under certain conditions has been
controvercial, especially if you own the software in question.
Getting past that point, another thing to consider is that it is very
much a hack. This means you should be comfortable with things not
working, or being broken frequently and either be very much at home
with computers or have someone close by who is. In particular you will
not be able to easily update from one OS X revision to another until
it is hacked--if you do, it could make your system unbootable. Also,
drivers for a lot of internal hardware are either nonexistent or
poorly implemented at this point.
If you want it to work perfectly, don't look to a PC. You'll need a
Mac for that, due to several differences in the architecture. Just
because the Macs now use Intel chips doesn't mean they comply with PC
architectures, they are very different in a number of significant
ways. I won't go into technical details, as I suspect a lot of listers
here aren't interested. Suffice it to say that PCs and Macs have a
totally different firmware setup and, while the Mac is capable of
running PC operating systems, the reverse is not true without hacking
the Mac OS itself.
On Apr 18, 2008, at 9:50 AM, Debra Gardner wrote:
Hi guys:
I'm wondering if Leopard would work on a regular PC and if any of
you are running it on one. I don't have funds for a MAC, but I
might be able to get Leopard. what do you think?
Debra
