Is there a way to install MAC OS on a PC?

N2ITN2IT Inactive Imported Users Posts: 7,483 ■■■■■■■■■■
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I was hoping to remove Windows 7 off of one of my machines and install MAC OS. Is this possible?

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  • MentholMooseMentholMoose Member Posts: 1,525 ■■■■■■■■□□
    Possible, yes, but it violates the EULA.
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  • mattlee09mattlee09 Member Posts: 205
    N2IT wrote: »
    I was hoping to remove Windows 7 off of one of my machines and install MAC OS. Is this possible?

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    We refer to it as a "Hackintosh" in tha biz.

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  • knownheroknownhero Member Posts: 450
    N2IT wrote: »
    I was hoping to remove Windows 7 off of one of my machines and install MAC OS. Is this possible?

    Thanks

    Should just bite the bullet and get a Mac. I was looking at the Hackintosh way but couldn't be bothered. You pay through the nose for the laptop/desktop but they sure do look sexy! :D
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  • demonfurbiedemonfurbie Member Posts: 1,819 ■■■■■□□□□□
    a few tips on it

    1 you can try it in a vm first
    2 make sure you have intel chip not amd
    3 make sure you have intel north/south bridge or at least a good one not a cheap one
    4 make sure you have a intel wireless card/nic
    5 make sure your vid card is the same chip set used in macs
    6 dont bother setting up a printer its not worth the hassle
    7 ever think of linux?
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  • petedudepetedude Member Posts: 1,510
    demonfurbie wrote: »
    7 ever think of linux?

    Exactly. If you want to escape Windows, I'd suggest the latest Ubuntu. Very Mac-like, and almost all the software you could ever want. . . for free.
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  • hiddenknight821hiddenknight821 Member Posts: 1,209 ■■■■■■□□□□
    Just get a Mac Mini since it's a lot cheaper, and you don't have to worry about incompatibility issues. I wish I got this (the latest one) instead of shelling out $1600 on my Santa Rosa Macbook Pro three years ago.
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  • jibbajabbajibbajabba Member Posts: 4,317 ■■■■■■■■□□
    petedude wrote: »
    Ubuntu

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  • demonfurbiedemonfurbie Member Posts: 1,819 ■■■■■□□□□□
    if ya just want the "look" of osx

    Make Your Linux Desktop Look Like A Mac - Mac4Lin Project Documentation | HowtoForge - Linux Howtos and Tutorials

    they are slightly dated but it works just about the same
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  • it_consultantit_consultant Member Posts: 1,903
    The question is, why?
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  • thehourmanthehourman Member Posts: 723
    I am in a same situation. I really want to get a MBP or a Fedora 15. I tried Fedora 15 in a VM, but I could not test the new gui. I am guessing that it is not compatible with VM.
    The MAC and Linux commands are the same? I know MAC uses sudo, but I am not sure if both OSes use the same commands.
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  • it_consultantit_consultant Member Posts: 1,903
    Remember, MAC is UNIX, not Linux. You would be better off learning off another UNIX variant like SUN, HP UX, or AIX.
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  • demonfurbiedemonfurbie Member Posts: 1,819 ■■■■■□□□□□
    it_consultant wrote: »
    Remember, MAC is UNIX, not Linux. You would be better off learning off another UNIX variant like SUN, HP UX, or AIX.

    *cough* freebsd *cough*
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  • djfunzdjfunz Member Posts: 307
    I remember toying with Hackintosh a while back reading mega threads all about it and even using a VMware image. It was always buggy, slow as hell and a general pain to deal with. It was a fun project for a couple weeks and now I'm back and plenty satisfied with Windows.
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