Does mac os work on ex ms xp setup?

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Fastlemons

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#18859 26-Jan-2008 20:22

Hello,

My PC setup is A,
AMD Athlon 64X2 dual core processor 4400+
gigabyte GA-M61SME-S2 motherboard
SATA 80 GB hdd sony dru-810a DVD/CD-RW combo
and i am just wondering as to whether i can install a Mac Os to this system?

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#106934 26-Jan-2008 20:26

Mac OS X is meant to run on Apple computers. Some people managed to install on some other machines but not without lots of changes in configuration - and only in some machines with special processors.

I'd say don't bother on yours.

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#106935 26-Jan-2008 20:28

Virtually? Yes (to an extent), through PearPC.

Natively? Yes (to an extent), using hacks.

I wouldn't recommend any of them. PearPC is extremely slow and hasn't been updated in 2 years, and the hacks are against Apple Terms.

If you are installing Mac OS X, you need to have a legal license and CD. That would require a Mac. Otherwise it would technically be illegal.

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#106936 26-Jan-2008 20:31

It is probably not going to happen, as the others have stated.
Also, it would help if you are going to try and install it without running a virtual machine, is to use an intel processor and not AMD.

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#106938 26-Jan-2008 20:43

yea thanks for the advice i didn't think it would work just wondering anyway i geuss i should just stick to what i know WINDOWS XP lol cheers

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#107044 27-Jan-2008 14:21

Hmm, AMD is fine. As long as it supports SSE3. There were some problems with dual core AMDs though, causing stuttering. You woud be best looking at hackint0sh or insanelymac.