On 12 3, 08, at 2:52 PM, Jerome Gotangco wrote: > On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 2:46 PM, Daniel Escasa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> Sabi ni Jerome noong Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 2:27 PM: >>>> Can I install Mac OS X Leopard into some cloned Pentium 4 machine >>>> with 1GB >>>> of RAM? >>> >>> That would be against the terms of service of Apple >> >> At the risk of sounding pedantic, I should point out that Goyong >> asked >> if he *can* install Leopard, not if he "may" <gd&r> > > Yeah I guess it needs an answer then. Yup you can have that running on > Tiger. Not sure about Leopard. The problem though is that you need to > have some fancy stuff on the installer. The standard discs won't work > because of firmware restrictions. When Apple makes an major OS update, > your installation will most likely break. 1GB for OS X is pretty much > minimum you get better performance on 2GB or higher. >
Some people on the internet have successfully done this. installing OS X on a non-apple hardware. Yes, I'm told, they run not just Tiger, but also Leopard (10.5.5). Everything from netbooks to notebooks to full desktops. Even AMD64. The standard retail disk won't work--- PC is bios-based while Macs are EFI based. the hack, as far as i know deals with circumventing that so your install disk and target disk boots properly. psystar in fact is offering os x on non-apple hardware. they have an ongoing lawsuit with Apple. As with hacks like this, i am guessing, mileage varies. Cocoy www.twitter.com/cocoy "People who are really serious about software should make their own hardware" -- Alan Kay _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
