Definitely unslung

[Travis Siegel]

Actually, with a hack or two and some (rather specific) hardware, you  
can already run mac osx on a pc.
The reason it takes particular hardware is because of the drivers  
included with the os.
No need to make drivers for other hardware when you generally roll  
your own.
However, folks are already running osx on pc machines.
It can be done.
The hacks are mostly for  removing the checks performed to ensure  
apple software, and the reliance on apple particular firmware.


On Jun 6, 2007, at 6:39 PM, Gregory Nowak wrote:

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> I seem to recall reading or hearing somewhere that Apple is in the
> process of porting macos to the pc, and that should supposedly be
> available in 2 years.
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> Greg
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> On Wed, Jun 06, 2007 at 06:33:40PM -0500, Travis Siegel wrote:
>> Actually, the switch to intel wasn't all that bad of a plan.
>> The ppc line of processors was running out of upgradability, and the
>> intel still has a lot of life in them.  Thus, the switch was an
>> attempt to remain  competative in the general market.
>> With the added bonus that you can now run windows on your mac (if you
>> so choose to ruin such a good machine)
>> That's the draw for most, a stable os that still allows execution of
>> all your legacy software just in case you absolutely can't do without
>> it.
>> Personally, I have booted into xp roughly 3 times in the last year,
>> so for me, the xp thing was only a nice to have, but definitely not a
>> necessity.
>>
>> However, the conversion from ppc to intel went rather smoothly
>> considering it was an entire os that got ported over (I know, linux
>> is on several platforms and it works just fine) Well, now apple has
>> proved it can be done with a commercial os as well.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Jun 5, 2007, at 6:49 PM, Alex Snow wrote:
>>
>>> Kind of lost interest when they went intel
>>
>>
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