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Posted on 10/30/2007 11:02:18 AM PDT by Swordmaker
The OSx86 Scene forum is offering full instructions on how to install the newest Mac OS on Windows PCs.
The cat and mouse game between hackers and Apple takes another move, with news that Apple's new Leopard operating system has already been successfully installed on Windows PCs.
The OSx86 Scene forum has released details of how Windows users can migrate to Apple's new OS, without investing in new hardware -- even though installing Leopard on an PC may be counter to Apple's terms and conditions.
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It just won't be the same as running the real thing...
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I might have agreed three years ago but the Apple cutover to Intel means short of wireless theres not too much difference between the hardware set now..
BMFLR. I’ll get some popcorn.
Any chance Apple left this window open so that Leopard could run on a PC?
I ran 10.4.6 on my toshiba M35x-s111 laptop and it ran really well.
Obviously, there were problems like the audio and the wifi belkin card that I didnt care to try to resolve but given enough time and determination, you can easily do this with the new OSX for Intel.
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Given the low margins of computer hardware, perhaps it wouldn’t be surprising if Apple’s longer term goal is to sell the OS. However, licensing didn’t work the first time — even Apple’s kinda restrictive version — because the higher-end boxes sold by the clonemakers were beating Apple’s higher-end stuff on price.
I fail to see how it can be considered "piracy" if you purchase a copy of OSX and just happen to install it on a PC rather than a MAC.
re piracy
If you buy the install discs and use them in violation of the EULA that by definition is an act of software piracy but not too egrigious. However, I was more thinking about the BitTorrent OSX files being feverishly downloaded by real pirates who have no intention of ever paying for it and who want to install it on unsupported computers.
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