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Apple Mac OS on a Clone Box like Intel 2.4ghz etc 2 Weeks, 3 Days ago  
I am wondering if I can install a mac OS onto a pc that I have sitting here doing nothing for a Mac OS rather than XP, it has 2.4ghz processor and 4gb Ram and 160gb Sata Drive, will this work or not?
 
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Re:Apple Mac OS on a Clone Box like Intel 2.4ghz etc 2 Weeks, 3 Days ago  
It is possible technically with a hacked copy of OS X. However it is outside the EULA of Mac OS X - i.e. frowned upon by Apple.
 
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Re:Apple Mac OS on a Clone Box like Intel 2.4ghz etc 2 Weeks, 3 Days ago  
Technically? Yes. If you have the right hardware, and don't mind problems with updates.

Legally? Questionable. Whether an EULA is actually binding under New Zealand Law I'm not sure of. I don't know that there's case law or not.
 
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Re:Apple Mac OS on a Clone Box like Intel 2.4ghz etc 2 Weeks, 3 Days ago  
http://uneasysilence.com/os-x-proven-hacked-and-running-on-an-ordinary-pc/

One of several sites that show it can be done. Whether is should be done is whole different ball game
 
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Re:Apple Mac OS on a Clone Box like Intel 2.4ghz e 2 Weeks, 3 Days ago  
One of the guys at work did this on his work laptop and I had to laugh.

You can do it if you really want to spend ages trying to find drivers for your setup, hacking the machine to fool Mac OS X to think that the BIOS is actually EFI. It just seems unMaclike but very Windowslike which in my mind defeats the purpose.

To be honest get a copy of Ubuntu instead, although that's not without its problems either.
 
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Re:Apple Mac OS on a Clone Box like Intel 2.4ghz e 2 Weeks, 3 Days ago  
OS X would be far more unstable too. A friend of mine did it and he got KPs every half hour or so.

Not worth the effort, I'm sure you'd agree!
 
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Re:Apple Mac OS on a Clone Box like Intel 2.4ghz e 2 Weeks, 3 Days ago  
I reckon that it is worth the challenge, got to be better than running XP. http://wiki.osx86project.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page
 
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