question about mac os

[pmckinnie]

Hi,

This is a question about installing a mac os on a pc. would it work??? The reason I ask is since the mac os is a unix based system, would it work???

Thanks, mac

[rami3]

i dont think it would as it's built around mac hardware and processors, it's unix based, but hpux or aix wouldnt run on a normal pc either.

Here is a cool little site you should have a look at, dont be alarmed when you click the 'wanna be an apple' link and it takes over your screen, it's just a very nice webpage, use the file > quit to exit the emulation.

RB

[pmckinnie]

rami3,

Nice site. I seem to remember that there used to be a program around that would make the pc desktop look and act like a mac. Have you ever heard of it??

Thanks, mac

[rami3]

there are a load of emulators around for the pc, i used to play around with them a little but dont seem to have the time anymore............

do a google search for mac desktop emulation, or emulators.

6 mac emulators

RB

[pmckinnie]

Rami3,

Thanks for the info. More for me to play with after I get linux running. I'm retired so got more time to play with computers.

cheers, mac

[leemac]

Mac OS will only run on Mac Hardware; however, there is an effort to bring Apple's Darwin project to the "pee-cee".

http://developer.apple.com/darwin/

Browse the links an see what you think.

Leemac

[anarchyreigns]

Originally posted by leemac
Mac OS will only run on Mac Hardware; however, there is an effort to bring Apple's Darwin project to the "pee-cee".

http://developer.apple.com/darwin/

Browse the links an see what you think.

Leemac

Darwin is not an Apple creation nor and Apple product, it is an open source product and is simply the Mach 3 kernel of BSD. It has existed in x86 form for quite some time now and is a completely different thing than the Mac OSX operating system as a whole.

Apple has no intention of porting OSX over for use in PC's.

[leemac]

Thank you for correcting my mistatement. Sometimes I call something "Apple's" just because Apple is involved in some way. Something like the folks claiming Microsoft owns Apple because at one time a few shares where exchanged.

Sorry about that. I did not intend to mislead, only to direct the original poster to the Darwin site so that they could find their own answers and perhaps accomplish in some way what they wanted to do on their set up.

What Darwin is and whether or not it is being ported to Intel processor based computers is perhaps best covered at :
At http://developer.apple.com/darwin/pr...arwin/faq.html
Quote:
"Darwin is a version of the BSD UNIX operating system that offers advanced networking, services such as the Apache web server, and support for both Macintosh and UNIX file systems. It was originally released in March 1999. Darwin currently runs on PowerPC-based Macintosh computers, and is being ported to Intel processor-based computers and compatible systems by the Darwin community."

If this is the Mach 3 kernel, thanks for clearing me up on that. I've always been a bit unclear on "what" the Mach 3 kernel was...I never got so much as a minor in geek-speak.

As for Apple bringing OS X to Intel, I did not intend for that to be implied. All I said was there was "an effort.....". The effort is being made by the Darwin developer community and Apple is partnering with them to enhance support for that platform. To what level that "partnering" goes..........I have no idea.

These are the answers provided by Apple's legal team regarding these issues. While some may not agree that "partnering" is an accurate term, it is the term used and any debates on the matter are best taken up with the lawyers that approved it's use. It should be understood that "lawyer-speak" uses a LOT of grey area when ever it is to the lawyers' (or the lawyers' clients') advantage.