so I got osx running on a pc, but some things don’t work sound, and networking. No big deal as I don’t need those things right know. I wanted to familiarize myself with the operating system. if anyone else is interested there are some good sites out there that will show you how to to it, some people have great luck installing OSX leopard on to Laptops with everything working.
Haven’t tried it because, um, I don’t have a PC… but there is a website that outlines a step-by-step process to make the previous version work perfectly. (What was that, Tiger?) I think Leopard kicks the security up a notch to prevent people from doing what you’re doing.
Did you think of just using Tiger instead?
Meantime, I’ll try and find you that website. I have a friend down south who followed it religiously.
I did it on my Dell 2 years ago. I’m pretty sure that I posted screenshots and instructions here.
The problem was that half of the hardware was unsupported. So no WiFi, for example. The whole point of Mac OS X is that it works well with a certain hardware config. That’s one of the reasons it works well and Windows (and Linux) have hardware-related driver issues.
That being said, my time is more valuable than the difference in price between a Dell and a MacBook.
It’s a nice hack, though. But what happens with updates and stuff? Also, is there a specific of you can buy that has guaranteed mac support – ie. All the hardware is supported?
How much are these Dells and Acers? If you add in the price of Leopard (they can run Leopard, right?), is it that much cheaper? One of those that works 100% – what’s the price?
Personally, I’d rather just do this in VMware. That’s the way to run a bunch of OSes without much bother.