And you are correct. Of course aside from all this, why would you want
to do so. If you can't purchase the Mac, then one has to assume you'd
obtain the software from non-legit sources. Besides, if you can save
to lets say purchase Leopard at $129, save your money and spend the
$700 or $800 and by a Mac Mini.
On Apr 18, 2008, at 1:10 PM, Jacob Schmude wrote:
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
Scott Howell
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