vista 32bit and macosx with virtual pc

[Guest]

i have vista 32bit ...can i run macosx using virtual pc on this one compute?

 

[Andrew McLaren]

i have vista 32bit ...can i run macosx using virtual pc on this one
compute?

No. Mac OS X only runs on Apple hardware.

Although they all have Intel CPUs, there are many hardware differences
between a Mac and a PC. For a start, an Intel Mac uses EFI 1.1 firmware to
boot up; instead of a BIOS like a PC. Also, I believe the Apple EULA
prohibts you running Mac OS X on anything except Apple hardware.

You cannot run Mac OS X in VMWare or Xen, either - it's not just a
limitation of Virtual PC.

You can, however, run Windows XP and Vista inside Mac OS X on an Apple
machine, using either Parallels or VMWare Fusuon virtual machine products.

 

[Mike]

i have vista 32bit ...can i run macosx using virtual pc on this one compute?

Yes, you can. Well, VPC still can't handle it, but VMWare can. I
have personally run OS X in VMWare, and tried many times to install it
in VPC but it I've never succeeded. In fact, there is a ready to run
VMWare disk image of 10.4.6 floating around.

Actually you can run OS X right on your PC without VPC. Of course,
it's not the standard issue OS X, it has to be a patched version.
There are many "distros" of OSX86. I am using one right now and it
runs fine.

It's sort of like installing Linux. Depending on your hardware, it can
be simple to install or it can be a royal pain in the ass - some manual
file editing, fiddling with drivers, getting partitions correct to dual
boot with Windows, etc.

Check out The OSX86 Project at
http://wiki.osx86project.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page
for all the details. Beats the hell out of any Linux distro on the
planet.

Mike

 

[Tim Judd]

No. Mac OS X only runs on Apple hardware.

Although they all have Intel CPUs, there are many hardware differences
between a Mac and a PC. For a start, an Intel Mac uses EFI 1.1 firmware to
boot up; instead of a BIOS like a PC. Also, I believe the Apple EULA
prohibts you running Mac OS X on anything except Apple hardware.

You cannot run Mac OS X in VMWare or Xen, either - it's not just a
limitation of Virtual PC.

You can, however, run Windows XP and Vista inside Mac OS X on an Apple
machine, using either Parallels or VMWare Fusuon virtual machine products.

Or boot camp

 

[xfile]

Disclaimer: Have no association with the company nor its product, haven't
personally tested it other than playing it for a few minutes.

I have a few friends using the following product on their Intel-based Mac:

http://www.parallels.com/en/products/desktop/os/

Hope this helps and good luck.