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So many of you probably remember last year that Apple switched from PowerPC to Intel processors. Obviously, code had to be rewritten to accomodate the new hardware. As a result, the OSX86 Project was born. The project basically shows how one could install OSX on common x86 PC hardware. The amount of supported hardware is quite impressive.

The main page http://osx86project.org consists of two sides, the Wiki, that is basically just overview information, and does not contain anything that could violate the DMCA, and the InsanelyMac forum, which is where you'll find walkthroughs, guides, and FAQs all about how to actually do the installs.

I was curious, so I gave it a go. I'm posting this from my Dell XPS M1210 Hackintosh running OSX 10.4.8.

Here's a picture.

http://img530.imageshack.us/img530/1695/dsc0002sm0.jpg

Wasn't too hard to get it all up and running, and now i'm dual booting OSX and windows XP. The only things i was unable to get working were the integrated webcam and the sleep function (but it boots up in literally 30 seconds, so who cares).

Pretty fun, all around. I've got it running both ilife & iwork, office 2k4, photoshop cs3, [censored], itunes, and all the other normal Mac apps.

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omg sweet i can't believe this is actually usable. last i read about it was probably a year ago when it first got going. i'll have to try this.

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Christ I still hate the mac interface. I was playing around with my father-in-law's macbook that I picked up from the shop for him, and I couldn't even figure out how to cut and paste. Is it SO HARD to make ctrl+c and ctrl+v work LIKE THE REST OF THE FRIGGING WORLD mmmk?

Having said that, I probably need to learn how to use a mac someday. Blech. I should probably play with this.

Good thread, btw.

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sweet

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You can't learn cut and paste? Damn, if that's how retard you are, where you playing live next???

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CTRL+C DID NOT WORK MORAN I DON"T UNDERSTAND YOUR CRAZY MOONSPEAK

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I was playing around with my father-in-law's macbook that I picked up from the shop for him, and I couldn't even figure out how to cut and paste. Is it SO HARD to make ctrl+c and ctrl+v work LIKE THE REST OF THE FRIGGING WORLD mmmk?


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assume that everything you would do with control you instead do with the Command button.

Or just use preferences to switch the two and it's pretty much the same =/

Up until a year ago I had basically never touched a Mac. My dad got one and I had refused to fix it.

They put out the iMac's with the core2duos, and I bought one for my wife. I think I liked it more than she did. I initially thought that my next laptop would be a Mac, since you can now dual-boot windows. When I saw the OSX86 Project, I decided instead that my next laptop would be need to be fully OSX compatible PC and I'd save $500-1k on the hardware.

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how long would it take a non-techie, but someone reasonably comfortable w/ PC's, to get this working?

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how long would it take a non-techie, but someone reasonably comfortable w/ PC's, to get this working?

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it really depends on your hardware. Here is the hardware comptability list

I'd say that if you search the insanelymac forums and find howtwos for most of your components, it really would only take a few days of casual tinkering.

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man, it would be awesome to run windows on a dell notebook via OSx86 and parallels desktop.

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sweert lol

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man, it would be awesome to run windows on a dell notebook via OSx86 and parallels desktop.

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Imagine the efficiency!

I'm waiting for VMWare for Mac, personally...

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This might be a really stupid question, but did you buy osx to do this?

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dear god if you can't figure out the Mac interface in about 2 picoseconds you don't deserve to know how long that actually is...seriously guys, its beyond easy....

and fwiw i'd much rather run osx and boot xp or *gasp* vista from parallels than boot os x from a pc box...just sayin....

/drank the coolaide

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This might be a really stupid question, but did you buy osx to do this?

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OSX is not for sale. Apple will not license OSX for use on PCs.

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This might be a really stupid question, but did you buy osx to do this?

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Okay, so this osx/x86 mashup is something put together separate from osx by someone other than apple. Free I assume?

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This might be a really stupid question, but did you buy osx to do this?

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i don't understand, are you saying you can't buy OSX? does that mean when you "buy" it, you still would have to download it and it would know you were on a pc?

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He probably means that if you buy OSX, and pop the CD in, it won't boot up/install onto an x86 system.

That means that the only way to get this running is through some sort of Crack/Emulation that is not endorsed by Apple.

It is also probably illegal under some reverse engineering clause in the DMCA.

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This might be a really stupid question, but did you buy osx to do this?

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OSX is not for sale. Apple will not license OSX for use on PCs.

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You can buy it right here http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/We...p;nplm=MA453Z/A

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This might be a really stupid question, but did you buy osx to do this?

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OSX is not for sale. Apple will not license OSX for use on PCs.

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i don't understand, are you saying you can't buy OSX? does that mean when you "buy" it, you still would have to download it and it would know you were on a pc?

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OSX for X86 (ie, Intel/AMD) only comes preloaded on official Macintosh computers and isn't sold separately to load on any old PC. You can't charge a price premium for the same components if any idiot can buy a cheaper Dell and then install OS X themselves.

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This might be a really stupid question, but did you buy osx to do this?

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OSX is not for sale. Apple will not license OSX for use on PCs.

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You can buy it right here http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/We...p;nplm=MA453Z/A

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That's the PowerPC version, not x86.

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Then how do Mac users upgrade if they can't buy a retail box?

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Dude, resize that pic...

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the OP may or may not have used company resources to get this done

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Christ I still hate the mac interface. I was playing around with my father-in-law's macbook that I picked up from the shop for him, and I couldn't even figure out how to cut and paste. Is it SO HARD to make ctrl+c and ctrl+v work LIKE THE REST OF THE FRIGGING WORLD mmmk?

Having said that, I probably need to learn how to use a mac someday. Blech. I should probably play with this.

Good thread, btw.

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I do hate some of the quirks of Macs and refuse to switch since I am somewhat of a Windows Poweruser. I hate not having the right click, but I feel I could get used to Mac's.

FRI - CTRL+C is not cut on Windows PC's either.

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I do hate some of the quirks of Macs and refuse to switch since I am somewhat of a Windows Poweruser. I hate not having the right click, but I feel I could get used to Mac's.

FRI - CTRL+C is not cut on Windows PC's either.

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To get a right click all you have to do is use a mouse with more than one button. I'm using a bluetooth belkin with my macs and right click all the time, sometimes just for fun.

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everyone at my work does this, it works really well.

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the OP may or may not have used company resources to get this done

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I'm not saying I did, I'm not saying I didn't.... but you know what I'm saying.

BTW, if any of you are going to follow an install guide for your specific laptop, make sure you get the ISO that the guide was written with [img]/images/graemlins/blush.gif[/img]. It makes a very big difference....

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Why would anyone want to install a fisherprice OS?

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Why would anyone want to install a fisherprice OS?

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He's not talking about XP, noob.

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Why would anyone want to install a fisherprice OS?

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He's not talking about XP, noob.

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Liek omg lols I see wut yuo did thar.

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Why would anyone want to install a fisherprice OS?

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He's not talking about XP, noob.

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Liek omg lols I see wut yuo did thar.

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more funny than 'fisher price'...

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Why would anyone want to install a fisherprice OS?

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He's not talking about XP, noob.

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Liek omg lols I see wut yuo did thar.

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I've found that OSX on it's surface is designed to be an idiot-proof OS, but it's backend is incredibly robust.

I consider myself a PC power user that is constantly tinkering, and I don't feel at all controlled by OSX.

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Why would anyone want to install a fisherprice OS?

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you know just enough about things to sound like an idiot. OSx underlying architecture is BSD, far from fisherprice.

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Why would anyone want to install a fisherprice OS?

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He's not talking about XP, noob.

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Liek omg lols I see wut yuo did thar.

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I've found that OSX on it's surface is designed to be an idiot-proof OS, but it's backend is incredibly robust.

I consider myself a PC power user that is constantly tinkering, and I don't feel at all controlled by OSX.

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Exactly. Anyone who says that OS X is childish and controlling just has no idea what they're talking about. Apple's blended ease of use with incredible power, and with Parallels letting you do whatever you need in Windows, there's really no reason not to at least give it a try...

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Yea, I find myself wishing I was using OSX when I'm my windows machines but never the other way around.

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Why would anyone want to install a fisherprice OS?

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He's not talking about XP, noob.

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Liek omg lols I see wut yuo did thar.

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I've found that OSX on it's surface is designed to be an idiot-proof OS, but it's backend is incredibly robust.

I consider myself a PC power user that is constantly tinkering, and I don't feel at all controlled by OSX.

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Exactly. Anyone who says that OS X is childish and controlling just has no idea what they're talking about. Apple's blended ease of use with incredible power, and with Parallels letting you do whatever you need in Windows, there's really no reason not to at least give it a try...

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Unless you want to do something fun?

Like play games? Or right click?

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Then how do Mac users upgrade if they can't buy a retail box?

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Apple sells retail boxes of upgrade copies of OS X for Mac customers. They don't sell a standalone version of OS X for whitebox PCs.

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Why would anyone want to install a fisherprice OS?

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He's not talking about XP, noob.

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Liek omg lols I see wut yuo did thar.

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I've found that OSX on it's surface is designed to be an idiot-proof OS, but it's backend is incredibly robust.

I consider myself a PC power user that is constantly tinkering, and I don't feel at all controlled by OSX.

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Exactly. Anyone who says that OS X is childish and controlling just has no idea what they're talking about. Apple's blended ease of use with incredible power, and with Parallels letting you do whatever you need in Windows, there's really no reason not to at least give it a try...

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Unless you want to do something fun?

Like play games? Or right click?

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Actually, you do have a good point. Apple's been working on reverse engineering the right click feature of Window's for some time now. Rumor has it they've almost cracked the Windows 95 implementation, and will hopefully have it incorporated into the next major release, slated for 2010.

<font color="white">please please please respond again, this is getting fun... </font>

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Unless you want to do something fun?

Like play games? Or right click?

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I play WOW and Civ V on my Mac and right click with and without a two button mouse. Go back to Slashdot, noob.