Mac Hack: Install Leopard on a PC
Once upon a time trying to install OS X on a PC was like trying to squeeze blood from a turnip. The operating system just wasn't designed to run on Intel processors. But now that Apple is releasing Intel-based Macs, you can install Windows on a Mac, and with a little bit of hard work and license-breaking, you can install OS X 10.5 on a PC with an Intel processor.
Don't expect everything to work properly. You might be missing drivers for graphics cards, audio, or even WiFi. But the installation process doesn't look too complicated. Basically you download an illegal disc image (which we would never condone doing), patch it, install the operating system from a DVD and then throw another patch at it.
Once again, if you really want Leopard to run properly on your hardware, your best bet is to buy an Apple computer. But we're still pretty impressed that the OSX86 hackers were able to figure out how to install the OS on non-Apple hardware before Leopard was even officially released.
[via Daily Apps]
Don't expect everything to work properly. You might be missing drivers for graphics cards, audio, or even WiFi. But the installation process doesn't look too complicated. Basically you download an illegal disc image (which we would never condone doing), patch it, install the operating system from a DVD and then throw another patch at it.
Once again, if you really want Leopard to run properly on your hardware, your best bet is to buy an Apple computer. But we're still pretty impressed that the OSX86 hackers were able to figure out how to install the OS on non-Apple hardware before Leopard was even officially released.
[via Daily Apps]













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Subscribe to commentsTeqstNov 23rd 2007 11:08AM
@Bad Karma
It was M$ who made Vista that can be installed natively on Mac hardware, without using any of the software you mentioned. Two people in my organization are dual booting Leopard and Vista on a MacBook and Vista is working "flawlessly" on the Mac hardware.
Too bad Mac isn't as good of an OS as Vista, if it was then it would be using standardized file system formats and would be compatible with more hardware than JUST Mac hardware.
IMHO: It's sad that the same company that claims to be better than a PC can create a software that can't even run on a PC, while it's biggest competitor (also the OS it's commercials are bashing) can play nice with just about ANYTHING you want it to run on. It's like comparing apples to oranges...why even bother?
SalQDec 3rd 2007 8:24AM
It's not stealing if you take nothing. You aren't taking anything but instead COPYING data. So essentially stealing the artist's idea. That's what were doing. And when we download it we recreate it on our disk, and then we copy it again onto a cd that we (hopefully) bought. Nope, theres no stealing. For apple it's a loss only of potential profit. Plus, forget paying that much just to own the rights to use a copy of an idea. It's all just art.