Running Mac (Leopard) on your PC.

the_syco

F**k bootcamp. Someone by the name of BrazilMac has released a version of Leopard that will run on a PC.

Link: http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20071030/tc_cmp/202603020

Info on why here, but the main reason I'd say is for pure speed. He says it best when he says

And one of the things that really got me involved with all this was the ability to have a system that benchmarks [better than] the Mac Pros. You can build your system for a lot less than a real Mac and get the performance of a top-dollar Apple machine. This is fact and a lot of the real Mac users will deny, but it is fact. My machine runs a e4300 Core Duo Processor over-clocked to 3.40 GHZ. Where can you get a 3.4-GHz MAC? It will cost you a fortune. I have 1066-MHz DDR2 memory, Where can you get that on a real mac???

If this is the real deal, I may *buy* a version, so that I can *legally* install Leopard on my machine, which would be cool, cos then it'd mean some exposure to it (useful in my line of work).



*Piracy is bad, and may get you banned.

Breezer

the_syco wrote: »

If this is the real deal, I may *buy* a version, so that I can *legally* install Leopard on my machine, which would be cool, cos then it'd mean some exposure to it (useful in my line of work).*Piracy is bad, and may get you banned.

It is technically possible to do this. However, you cannot buy a version of Leopard (or any Mac OS X) that will run on a generic PC. You need to download a hacked version. Secondly, running any version of Mac OS X on a generic PC is contrary to the Apple EULA, which states (I'm paraphrasing since I don't have the document to hand), that you are granted the right to install this software on a single Apple Macintosh computer (5 if you buy the family pack).

Now I don't know the legal ins and outs of whether breaking the terms of a licence agreement is breaking criminal law, more likely civil law. However, downloading the hacked version, which you can't pay for, is theft.

Lastly, this will not give you the Mac experience. It will not give you any kind of modern computing experience, as drivers will be missing (the most obvious symptom I've heard so far is sound not working at all). The Mac's selling point is stability, which is achieved through hardware-software integration. This will be non-existent. Future upgrades to Leopard could render the system completely useless, as we saw with the iPhone.

If you want to use a Mac for work, and don't want to shell out big bucks, buy a second-hand G4 Mac Mini and install the proper version of Leopard on it. It'll run slowly, but stably and legally.

the_syco

Cheers for the reply, but I just want to use it, to get a "feel" for it, so I know where the different icons, etc, are, so I know what the user would be seeing if I was supporting them.

babypink

-No Warez, Hackz, Appz or Crackz (advice/sourcing or discussion)

.....from the board charter...

Breezer

I know babypink, the OP seemed to be asking was there a legal way to do this. I provided the answer: no. Also pointed out the benefits of doing it legally.

unklerosco

I wonder if apple would ever release an OSX for Pc's.... It'd be a godsend and a kick up the arse for microsft.

I'm just finishing selling off all my PC related gear n getting ready to order a 24" iMac. I've gone from owning 5pcs n 2 laptops to 2 iMacs n 1 laptop(xp). I'm just sick of windows, OSX just makes more sense to me....

monkey tennis

unklerosco wrote: »

I wonder if apple would ever release an OSX for Pc's.... It'd be a godsend and a kick up the arse for microsft.

Doubt it, for the reasons Breezer gave above (the ability to tailor OS and hardware to each other). I'd advise PC users to try Ubuntu Linux if they want a change of OS.

Syco, I hear VMWare are working on compatibility with OSX, could be useful to bear in mind for the future.

Breezer

monkey tennis wrote: »

Syco, I hear VMWare are working on compatibility with OSX, could be useful to bear in mind for the future.

Apple recently changed the licence agreement for Leopard Server, allowing it to be run in a virtual machine on Apple hardware, which is why VMWare are now working on this. Very limited purpose at the moment but it's interesting all the same.

the_syco

babypink wrote: »

.....from the board charter...

the_syco wrote: »

*Piracy is bad, and may get you banned.

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Dang. Messed with PearPC, but it wasn't great. From what I gathered, though, this wasn't Leopard running on an emulator of a Mac, but Leopard running on a PC. To me this was nice, as I could just get a license for €89 rather than spending at least €400 on hardware (Mac Mini) to run it.

Meh, I'll bide my time.