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02-26-2008	#1 (permalink)
thesimplecreator Linux Newbie Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: washington , USA Posts: 228	Mac OSX i was thinking about buying a copy of an older mac OSX off ebay just to try it out. but the system requirements for osx 10.1 are Supported computers — Power Mac G3, G4, G4 Cube, iMac, PowerBook, or iBook RAM required — 128 megabytes (unofficially 96 megabytes minimum) Free hard drive space — 1.5 gigabytes does this mean you cant install mac osx on a computer not made by apple??? __________________ Microsoft isn't evil, they just make really crappy operating systems. Linus Torvalds http://www.deathnerd.com <--------Politically right winged blog, with some tech stuff too.

02-26-2008	#2 (permalink)
vitalka Just Joined! Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Toronto, ON Posts: 77	Yep. It has to be an Apple computer especially for older MacOS versions, considering that they have been using PPC architecture for awhile. The most recent once can be installed on a PC with an Intel CPU and it only supports very very small range of hardware that is not produced by Apple.

02-26-2008	#3 (permalink)
thesimplecreator Linux Newbie Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: washington , USA Posts: 228	but is it possible to install osx on a computer you build? using an intel proccessor. __________________ Microsoft isn't evil, they just make really crappy operating systems. Linus Torvalds http://www.deathnerd.com <--------Politically right winged blog, with some tech stuff too.

02-26-2008

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techieMoe

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Originally Posted by thesimplecreator

but is it possible to install osx on a computer you build? using an intel proccessor.

No, it's not. There is a hardware switch in Apple's computers that allows it to run OS X. There are ways around that, but they're all illegal. The End User License Agreement for the Mac OS also specifically states that you must run it on Apple hardware.

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02-27-2008	#5 (permalink)
thesimplecreator Linux Newbie Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: washington , USA Posts: 228	oh....... that ..........sucks lol __________________ Microsoft isn't evil, they just make really crappy operating systems. Linus Torvalds http://www.deathnerd.com <--------Politically right winged blog, with some tech stuff too.

03-01-2008

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SXR

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Originally Posted by thesimplecreator

oh....... that ..........sucks lol

No , It doesnt. Buy a Mac and you can run Mac OS X.

03-01-2008	#7 (permalink)
thesimplecreator Linux Newbie Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: washington , USA Posts: 228	the thing is i dont want to buy a mac i was just gonna mess with osx alittle __________________ Microsoft isn't evil, they just make really crappy operating systems. Linus Torvalds http://www.deathnerd.com <--------Politically right winged blog, with some tech stuff too.

03-01-2008	#8 (permalink)
SXR Just Joined! Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Netherlands Posts: 13	I saw a CNET video on cnettv.com once on how to run OS X on a generic PC. Maybe you should look around there.

03-01-2008	#9 (permalink)
Dies Linux Newbie Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 134	OSx86 Project \| InsanelyMac

03-01-2008	#10 (permalink)
SXR Just Joined! Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Netherlands Posts: 13	CNET used OSx86 project aswell, but they have a whole video tutorial on doing it. Its tricky.

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