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Apple OS on Windows Computer?
« on: June 02, 2007, 01:41:22 PM »
Just a quick question:

My friend has told me it is possible to install and run the latest Apple OSX on a Windows computer.

He claims to be downloading it right now (or well, a few days ago) and that it was around 4.7GB when torrenting.

Is this possible to do? If so, which is well, better? (XP Home Edition or Apple)

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Re: Apple OS on Windows Computer?
« Reply #1 on: June 02, 2007, 08:10:59 PM »
Well, you can download Linux via torrents and burn the .ISO onto a CD and boot with the CD to install Linux. I'm not sure about MAC though...
Ask your friend what type of file he's downloading. If it's an .ISO file then it's possible he downloading it illegally

You might also want to check this out:
http://www.snapfiles.com/reviews/FlyakiteOSX/FlyakiteOSX.html

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Re: Apple OS on Windows Computer?
« Reply #2 on: June 04, 2007, 07:29:04 AM »
Ah, ok thanks.

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Re: Apple OS on Windows Computer?
« Reply #3 on: June 06, 2007, 08:12:50 AM »
You might also want to check this out:
http://www.snapfiles.com/reviews/FlyakiteOSX/FlyakiteOSX.html
That's a pretty cool program. I installed it yesterday. It took a while to install though. And all those files it modified scares me!
I'm afraid to think what would happen to the system if I tried to uninstall.....

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Re: Apple OS on Windows Computer?
« Reply #4 on: June 06, 2007, 11:04:03 PM »
It said on the site that you can system restore to uninstall。

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Re: Apple OS on Windows Computer?
« Reply #5 on: June 07, 2007, 07:34:23 AM »
Ya, I noticed that. But what if you install other programs afterward? ???
How far back will system restore remember anyhow?

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Re: Apple OS on Windows Computer?
« Reply #6 on: June 07, 2007, 07:38:07 AM »
Lol, no idea. I'm not a fan of mac so i'm not planning on installing that.  ;)

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Re: Apple OS on Windows Computer?
« Reply #7 on: June 07, 2007, 07:41:01 AM »
I just like the tool bar that zooms in on the icons when you mouseover. :) I also like getting away from the bubbly look of xp.

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Re: Apple OS on Windows Computer?
« Reply #8 on: June 07, 2007, 07:44:43 AM »
Hmmmm...guess I might try it sometime..... Basically Windows with a MAC skin......

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Re: Apple OS on Windows Computer?
« Reply #9 on: June 07, 2007, 07:06:43 PM »
Hmmmm...guess I might try it sometime..... Basically Windows with a MAC skin......
This whole thing is very VERY wrong

If you have problems with Windows wearing Macs cloths, and you uninstall it, and problems still remain, click Start>Run
and in the Run dialog box, type
sfc /scannow
Have your Windows XP CD ready, you will be prompted for it.


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    « Reply #10 on: June 19, 2007, 10:35:12 AM »
    the thing is that if you want to try mac  having also a windows on it why not?! Or what we say dual boot or in mac it is called boot camp, why not! it is very possible.

    and on the other hand, mac os is fun if you want to try it.. :) :)
    show me what you got!

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      Re: Apple OS on Windows Computer?
      « Reply #11 on: June 19, 2007, 05:57:27 PM »
      There is one thing you could try visit the following site and read up on it:
      http://nothickmanuals.info/doku.php?id=minivmac

      One of these day i'll probably try it, if you do let us know how it goes.

      -Mike

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      Re: Apple OS on Windows Computer?
      « Reply #12 on: June 19, 2007, 06:14:06 PM »
      There is one thing you could try visit the following site and read up on it:
      http://nothickmanuals.info/doku.php?id=minivmac

      One of these day i'll probably try it, if you do let us know how it goes.

      -Mike
      Oh! Is that that Mac on a Stick program?
      (Link appears to be broken...)

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        « Reply #13 on: June 19, 2007, 06:18:29 PM »
        Oh! Is that that Mac on a Stick program?
        (Link appears to be broken...)
        Links work for me, and yes its the Mac On a Stick program I want someone to try it before I do  ;D.

        -Mike

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        « Reply #14 on: June 19, 2007, 06:20:34 PM »
        Oh! Is that that Mac on a Stick program?
        (Link appears to be broken...)
        Links work for me, and yes its the Mac On a Stick program I want someone to try it before I do  ;D.

        -Mike
        Oh! I've used that

        I could only get OS7 to work on it, maybe with more effort, you can get up to OS9 on it. OSX probably would not handle very well

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          « Reply #15 on: June 21, 2007, 09:09:53 AM »
          hmmm.... well, haven't try to have that on the OS X but, maybe it will work...

          what we need is to read more about mac..  ;)
          show me what you got!

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            « Reply #16 on: August 21, 2007, 10:07:36 AM »
            Well I'm using an iMac at the moment yet I'm using a windows OS. I am achieving this by downloaded anadd-on from Mac.com called bootcamp (from memory.) This program allows you to access both Windows and Mac OSes. It is currently in a BETA stage but it will come standerd on macs when Leopard is released. I'm not entirely sure if it works for Windows but I'll look into legal ways for you.

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              Re: Apple OS on Windows Computer?
              « Reply #17 on: September 20, 2007, 05:02:51 PM »
              In short: No.

              In long: Yes.  IF you're willing to build a PC with parts that Apple actually have drivers for.  Which isn't much, but it's still, theoretically, do-able.

              There are hacks around on torrents, but they're illegal, and just hacks, so they're nothing like the full O/S.

              It's because Apple own the hardware pool they use, and as such, they only have a small pool they need to write drivers for, and as it isn't cost effective for other firms to write Apple drivers, they don't.  So Apples' "It just works" slogan works because they choke the hardware down to a small elite.  When you come to look at OSX as just an OS it becomes a lot more restricting, as it can only be used for the hardware Apple own.

              So in a way, it makes Microsoft look like nice guys.


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              « Reply #18 on: November 18, 2007, 03:22:25 PM »
              yes it is possible on a dell computer,however IT IS ILLEGAL,still it can be done, you will have more luck with tiger since leopard will have been designed to make the computer crash or something crazy when you do it!!
              yeah,i went on a mac forum and got banned for disscussing it!lol

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                « Reply #19 on: November 19, 2007, 12:46:29 PM »
                yes it is possible on a dell computer,however IT IS ILLEGAL,still it can be done, you will have more luck with tiger since leopard will have been designed to make the computer crash or something crazy when you do it!!
                yeah,i went on a mac forum and got banned for disscussing it!lol

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                There are hacks around on torrents, but they're illegal, and just hacks, so they're nothing like the full O/S.


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                Re: Apple OS on Windows Computer?
                « Reply #20 on: November 19, 2007, 05:16:53 PM »
                One thing to consider (taking every chance I have to get Apple out of peoples homes until they make it better!) is that if you put the Apple OS on a PC, you can and will have problems with drivers. The Mac OS does not support drivers for PC hardware well at all, let alone does it handle Hardware very well. Thus, making it difficult to use your computer.

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                  « Reply #21 on: November 21, 2007, 10:36:25 AM »
                  One thing to consider (taking every chance I have to get Apple out of peoples homes until they make it better!) is that if you put the Apple OS on a PC, you can and will have problems with drivers. The Mac OS does not support drivers for PC hardware well at all, let alone does it handle Hardware very well. Thus, making it difficult to use your computer.

                  ...

                  It's because Apple own the hardware pool they use, and as such, they only have a small pool they need to write drivers for, and as it isn't cost effective for other firms to write Apple drivers, they don't.  So Apples' "It just works" slogan works because they choke the hardware down to a small elite.  When you come to look at OSX as just an OS it becomes a lot more restricting, as it can only be used for the hardware Apple own.