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Mac OS X on x86

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Uplink - 25 Mar 2006 06:53 GMT
Read
this:http://reviews.zdnet.co.uk/software/os/0,39024180,39235916-6,00.htm

I want to know if my computer can handle this:

2.4GHz, 512MB RAM, Windows XP Home, It's a Dell. Can I install X on
this?

And the boot loader: Can I just use GRUB instead that came with Ubuntu
Nick - 25 Mar 2006 11:16 GMT
> Read
> this:http://reviews.zdnet.co.uk/software/os/0,39024180,39235916-6,00.htm
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>
> And the boot loader: Can I just use GRUB instead that came with Ubuntu

So are you saying you can get your hands on the early developer version
of OS X for x86? Did you see this paragraph in the article:

"from the middle of next year, a Mac OS X x86 platform will be
available, which will offer more performance to the Windows world.
However, the operating system is currently only planned to be available
on Apple hardware. The modification that makes the OS accessible for all
other x86 computers, as happened with the developer version evaluated
here, will no longer be possible."

Doesn't that say to you that a shipping OS X for x86 install DVD won't
install on non-Apple hardware? It does to me. Haven't you seen the
discussions about OS X x86 booting from EFI instead of BIOS?
 
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