@Rishi

Sorry to disturb your wait. its actually here.

@ Vijay

There is actually a project going online called the OSX86 project. It has
been started by developers who wanted to develop Apps for the App Store but
were dissapointed since Apple requires developers to develop Apps only
through Mac computer. Since developers did not want to invest in Macs, they
started this "open source" project called OSX86 project which modifies the
EFI (successor to BIOS) of PCs from PC vendors in order to enable the EFI to
boot the Mac OSX CD and thereafter to execute the installation of OSX onto
the hard drive as is usually done.

However, you must remember this is not illegal as long as you use the
purchased retail CD of OSX of Leopard or Snow Leopard. There is a grey area
where Apple insists that the OS should be loaded on Apple computers but as
per laws across the world - it is a restrictive trade practice akin to the
Microsoft Windows / Netscape / Explorer saga seen during last decade and
Apple's contention may not be sustainable in any court. Again, it may be
illegal after a US court in November 2009 barred Psystar and Pearc from
commercially exploiting this. On January 14, 2009, the Gadget Lab site of
Wired Magazine posted a video tutorial for installing Mac OS X on an MSI
Wind netbook, but removed it following a complaint from Apple.

Hence Apple has been trying is cripple such efforts with every OS update but
the developers keep on raising the bar thereafter. This cat and mouse game
is going to continue and I do not see the OSX project declining in the near
future. From the developers point of view, the project is complex because
every brand of PC has a different EFI and hence the Installer enabler
changes with each brand and sometimes each model. But broadly the most
enablers are seen working either with MSI chipsets (because most netbooks
are sourced from MSI- project is called MSI WInd) and Dell (because its the
number 1 PC vendor in the US).

This project is not for the faint hearted and fanboys. I dont recommend
anyone here to do this unless its for learning and you have a lot of time to
do that. Also do not do this on a commercial basis because of legal issues
with Apple.

The installation process is a learning in itself. It involves a lot of time
on the Terminal including changing permissions, modifying the system EFI and
modifying extensions. There is lot of time spent in posting your issues on
the relevant forums and waiting for someone somewhere to help you. Of
course, there are thousands out there to help you. There are serious issues
after installation of the OS. The main issues are related to drivers or
extensions as it is called in Mac OS specially for sound, bluetooth,
AirPort, ethernet, trackpad, iSight and sleep. There are often cases of
systems experiencing kernel panics, processor task loops, fan control and
processor overheating since the hardware is not properly recognised and
adapted by the OS. However, despite this many people (in thousands) are
happily running there daily work on such computers.

You can get more into this at the following links:

http://www.ihackintosh.com/category/osx86-guides/
http://www.osx86project.org/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OSx86

Cheers and Good night

Savio


On Sun, Mar 6, 2011 at 8:55 PM, Rishi <[email protected]> wrote:

> The day that would happen Mac hardware sales would drop. :-)
>
> On 06-Mar-2011, at 6:50 PM, ivizay wrote:
>
> > If we load Mac OSX in external HDD, can we open the OS in Windows PC?
> just curios to know.
> >
> > Best Regards
> >
> > Vijay
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
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