2008/10/25 Doctor K <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Hi, I saw a message the other day which mentioned that a PC can run a > Mac OS. > My beloved Smurf bit it a while ago, and I've been using a Toshiba > Satellite laptop, which I found as an unbelievable bargain ($20.00 > plus a $25.00 ebay power supply) at a garage sale this summer. > I've been using this laptop for a month or so now, and am getting > comfortable with it, but there > are still a lot of things that I did with my Mac, that I don't know > how to do with this (I did install Safari though!). > Anyway, I'd appreciate any info on how to run OS X on it. This has > a 60 gig HD. If possible, I'd like to keep the existing Windows XP on > it, but would not hesitate to wipe the drive and install a Mac OS, if > it is necessary. > Thanks in advance for your thoughts. > John
Realistically, no. To be honest, an old maxim applies here: if you have to ask, you don't know enough to try do it. Sorry. I've tried it on several machines: it's tricky and fiddly and doesn't work all that well. The result is called a Hackintosh. You can't apply Apple OS upgrades, various things don't work, it's completely unsupported and it's against the Apple licence. Suggestion: try TinyXP or even TinyVista if you have a 2GHz+ machine and >=1G RAM. And that's all the hints I'll give you, as if that is not enough to go on, then all you are going to do is screw up your PC and end up with a dead or non-working laptop. -- Liam Proven • Profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/liamproven Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] • GMail/GoogleTalk/Orkut: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: +44 20-8685-0498 • Cell: +44 7939-087884 • Fax: + 44 870-9151419 AOL/AIM/iChat: [EMAIL PROTECTED] • MSN/Messenger: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo: [EMAIL PROTECTED] • Skype: liamproven • ICQ: 73187508 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
