Dual Boot Mac os X On XP?

**harryc** · #1 24th Feb 2008, 08:34

s it possible to dual boot a copy of Mac OX Leopard and a copy of XP service pack 2.... i'm currently running off service pack 2. do i just partition a drive for mac and install it on that drive? and then whenever i boot i get the menu asking which i would like to boot?

**hAvAAck** · #2 24th Feb 2008, 09:01

I'm pretty sure it's illegal to do so

**harryc** · #3 24th Feb 2008, 14:27

how is it illegal if i've got legit versions of the software?

**spot** · #4 24th Feb 2008, 14:34

I may be missing something here - Mac OSX runs on Mac hardware, how do you expect it to run on a PC? Where would you get an OSX compiled for the PC's i686 hardware architecture?

**ashaiba** · #5 24th Feb 2008, 15:34

One, it is NOT illegal to do so secondly. It is possible to have mac run nativly, but its really hard and i cant find the link

You can run an emultaor though called. ah! i forgot what its called but ill tell u as soon as i remember

**hAvAAck** · #6 24th Feb 2008, 15:47

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Originally Posted by ashaiba

One, it is NOT illegal to do so secondly. It is possible to have mac run nativly, but its really hard and i cant find the link

You can run an emultaor though called. ah! i forgot what its called but ill tell u as soon as i remember

except you're wrong, as it is illegal to run mac OS on non-mac hardware, unless you are a mac developer.
it's very much possible, and I know of a site where it's discussed in detail, but given it's against this board's rules, I'd suggest you google for it

**spot** · #7 24th Feb 2008, 16:21

Thank you hAvAAck, I just discovered lots about Digital Rights Management that I'd not heard about before. There seem to be people out there trying to put genies back into bottles.

**thingie2** · #8 24th Feb 2008, 16:59

I found a guide here on how to put mac OS X on to a pc though a emulator, as for how legal it is, I don't know for sure, but it would be by guess that it's legal, as long as both your XP and mac OS X are legit versions.

**Cew27** · #9 25th Feb 2008, 01:10

it is illegal as part of mac trying to control the market and get more money they wont allow you to run it on a pc, (if you want mac you will need to spend £800+ on their machine rather than 400 on a pc )

**Carbon** · #10 26th Feb 2008, 04:16

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Originally Posted by spot

I may be missing something here - Mac OSX runs on Mac hardware, how do you expect it to run on a PC? Where would you get an OSX compiled for the PC's i686 hardware architecture?

Macs no longer use PowerPC CPUs and therefore the OS is more easily ported to PC. It's not easy, but it's certainly possible, unlike before the Intel switch.