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OS X on a PC

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  • #2
    Villain
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,956 ✭✭✭✭Villain


    I installed it on VMWare and it worked at first but hung then when I was trying to get networking going it died.


  • #3
    conor2007
    Closed Accounts Posts: 636 ✭✭✭conor2007


    its all good

    but the reason i like my mac is that its on a mac - everything is made by the same people


  • #4
    SouperComputer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,949 ✭✭✭SouperComputer


    Conor108 wrote: »

    Tis legal as long as you own the software now!

    Thats a common misconception. It is illegal, even if you buy a copy of OS X specifically for your "hackintosh".

    Why? Because you don't buy the operating system, you buy a licence to use it, under the conditions set out in the EULA, so its not yours to play with :). Secondarily to run it on non-Apple hardware requires a modification of proprietary, copyrighted protected code, somewhat like chipping a console. <--- This is the clincher here, otherwise it would just be breaking the EULA rather than copyright infringement.

    Of course you could argue it comes under fair use, and I would agree with that. But don't fool yourself into thinking that it is legal, its simply not.

    Anyway, yes, I have it running on two PC's here. You will have to search elsewhere for the info you need though bearing in mind what I've said above. Stick to previous-generation Intel chipsets ideally with an ICH6 southbridge and Nvida Graphics cards, a "vanilla" kernel and you are golden.


  • #5
    K.O.Kiki
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,823 ✭✭✭✭K.O.Kiki


    In before threadlock.


  • #6
    BanzaiBk
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,285 ✭✭✭BanzaiBk


    Search 1, 2.


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  • #7
    babypink
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,250 ✭✭✭babypink


    K.O.Kiki wrote: »
    In before threadlock.
    good job!

    locked


  • #8
    440Hz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,424 ✭✭✭440Hz


    Thread locked, but just to mention and re-iterate, that this is in fact illegal, but discussion of such topics are against the charter and any further mention of this shall result in warnings/infractions.


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