MAC OS X With Windows XP

[Jacky Luk]

Hi,
I am planning to invest in a copy of MAC OS X and wondering if the OS can be
installed on PCs and dual booted with Windows XP.... Thanks
Jack

 

[Harry Ohrn]

No you will need an emulator like PearOS which will create a virtual Mac to
install OS X on. It runs dismally slow on my P4 2.6 with 1GB DDR

 

[Og]

No. MAC OS is not designed for the x86 chip-set (Intel, AMD) that PCs
utilize.

 

[Jacky Luk]

I've checked Apple's website and the answer is no.
Jack

 

[Tom Porterfield]

Hi,
I am planning to invest in a copy of MAC OS X and wondering if the OS can be
installed on PCs and dual booted with Windows XP.... Thanks
Jack

No it can not. You would need to get a Mac emulator that would run inside
of Windows XP. I can't comment on how stable it is or how well it works as
I have never used, but one such emulator that is free is PearPC from
http://pearpc.sourceforge.net/.
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Tom Porterfield
MS-MVP Windows
http://support.telop.org

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[David Candy]

But in the future this may change.

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No you will need an emulator like PearOS which will create a virtual Mac to
install OS X on. It runs dismally slow on my P4 2.6 with 1GB DDR

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Harry Ohrn MS-MVP [Shell/User]
www.webtree.ca/windowsxp

Hi,
I am planning to invest in a copy of MAC OS X and wondering if the OS can
be installed on PCs and dual booted with Windows XP.... Thanks
Jack

 

[Bob I]

Nope, but if you wait a year, you could buy a Mac, and install Windows

 

[Tom Porterfield]

Or you could wait . . .
Apple to use Intel.
'Apple to Use Intel Microprocessors Beginning in 2006'
(http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2005/jun/06intel.html) (grin)

Old news. But will the hardware that ships with the Intel based Macs have
Windows compatible drivers? Since Apple hasn't yet released the full specs
for these machines, it is premature to say that Windows will be able to run
on them.
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Tom Porterfield
MS-MVP Windows
http://support.telop.org

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