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Hello, is it possible to install Mac OS on regular PC?

Yeah but it's just like my philosophy on drinking and driving: You can, but I wouldn't recommend it.

Yes and no. Certain machines that are very close to 'real' Mac configurations can run OSX without too many changes. Most other machines can run one of the hacked-up versions (iatkos, tubgirl, etc) which are more or less OSX. Some machines with very different configs to any real Mac can't run anything like OSX.

Basically no. You can get close, but only with certain hardware.

about getting close, what exactly do you mean? features?

my system is athlon X2 3800+, foxconn a78ax-k mobo, 2gb 667 ram, foxconn 9600gt 512, 160gb hd. is it ok?

Generally the best-behaved Mac knockoffs have something similar to the following:

Core 2 Duo/Quad
Gigabyte P35 mobo (Gigabytes just seem to fare better, though Asus does OK)
Some ram (doesn't matter)
Hard disks, preferably SATA and in AHCI mode.
Best results seem to be with G92-based Nvidia cards and 3870/3850 ATI cards. The 9600GT is a particularly troublesome booger last I was reading.

So CPU no, mobo no, graphics no.

You have roughly 0% chance of getting a really representative OSX experience on your hardware. It'd be hacked ten ways from Sunday and probably buggy even then.

I'd say it's not a good idea at all.

jsonting wrote:

about getting close, what exactly do you mean? features?

my system is athlon X2 3800+, foxconn a78ax-k mobo, 2gb 667 ram, foxconn 9600gt 512, 160gb hd. is it ok?

The features will be there (except for iLife in the case of iATKOS) but getting close is a matter of getting all of the hardware to work. Here is a list of hardware that is known to work:

http://www.efi-x.com/index.php?option=c ... ge=english

It's also of questionable legality...

Buy a legit copy of Leopard, stick one of the included Apple stickers on your PC (this part is important,) and then it's arguably legal. But still quite shaky.

But, it's still a real pain to do... I just scrapped a second attempt at getting Leopard running on this ThinkPad... I'll need an OSx86 installfest or something to get it installed.

jsonting wrote:

Hello, is it possible to install Mac OS on regular PC?

here's a guide to doing it

http://lifehacker.com/software/hack-att ... 321913.php

thanks Neverlift =)