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Mac Forum / General / Hardware / August 2007OS X on laptop
Hello, With the Mac OS X work on my laptop, Sony VAIO VGN N32M/W with the Core2Duo processor and Intel 950GMA graphics card ? Kind Regards Ravishankar > Hello, > > With the Mac OS X work on my laptop, Sony VAIO VGN N32M/W with the Core2Duo > processor and Intel 950GMA graphics card ? Not without hacking the software and violating the terms of purchase.  SignatureD.F. Manno | dfmanno@mail.com The America I believe in does not torture people. The America I believe in does not run secret prisons. The America I believe in would shut down Guantanamo Bay. (Amnesty International USA) > Hello, > > With the Mac OS X work on my laptop, Sony VAIO VGN N32M/W with the Core2Duo > processor and Intel 950GMA graphics card ? Mac OS X only works on Macs. There are some hacks that may make it usable on PCs, but I wouldn't rely on it. On the other hand, Windows (various versions, including Vista nd XP) will work on Intel Macs. That's one reason why Mac laptops are selling so well at present. Signaturehttp://www.decohen.com Send e-mail to the Reply-To address; mail to the From address is never read > > Hello, > > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > That's one reason why Mac laptops are selling so well at present. Will it work if I use a virtualization software like VirtualBox or Xen (on WinXP) ? --Ravishankar > Will it work if I use a virtualization software like VirtualBox or Xen (on > WinXP) ? I answer my own question by doing some searching on the web. It is possible to run Max OS X on the PC using a emulation software like pearpc. I think it may be possible to do it with ppcsim (part of gdb). >> Will it work if I use a virtualization software like VirtualBox or Xen (on >> WinXP) ? > > I answer my own question by doing some searching on the web. It is possible > to run Max OS X on the PC using a emulation software like pearpc. I think it > may be possible to do it with ppcsim (part of gdb). Yes it may be possible to run OSX on a PC with PearPc, however the web site is hardly encouraging, it will run at either 1/500th of the host CPU speed or 1/15 speed depending on the emulation mode, it will also crash a lot. the question is why do you want to run OSX illegally on a PC (it is a violation of the license to run it on non Apple hardware) as it will not be particularly usable as the hardware support is very limited (no USB or sound to name 2 things from the web site) Ben. > >> Will it work if I use a virtualization software like VirtualBox or Xen (on > >> WinXP) ? [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > CPU speed or 1/15 speed depending on the emulation mode, it will also > crash a lot. cpu performace should not be a problem with Core2Duo. > the question is why do you want to run OSX illegally on a PC (it is a > violation of the license to run it on non Apple hardware) as it will not > be particularly usable as the hardware support is very limited (no USB > or sound to name 2 things from the web site) > Ben. Simply to experience using a Mac. Its quite rare to see a real Mac in india. But if its illegal to run it on any other h/w, as you say... ..then I probably to look to buy a used Mac somewhere. > > Hello, > > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > That's one reason why Mac laptops are selling so well at present. just for curiosity. I heard that XP and Win2k based on NT is portable to many architectures. So is there no port of XP to PowerPC based Mac's ? >>> Hello, >>> [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > I heard that XP and Win2k based on NT is portable to many architectures. So > is there no port of XP to PowerPC based Mac's ? there was a powerpc version of nt, i think a version 3, maybe 4... but it didn't live for long, 'cose there wasn't any software for it... not only that os had to be ported, but every application, driver also had to be ported... and that made power pc version of nt fail... Franjo ?ili? <franjo.zilic@ri.t-com.hr> wrote: > > just for curiosity. > > I heard that XP and Win2k based on NT is portable to many architectures. So [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > only that os had to be ported, but every application, driver also had to > be ported... and that made power pc version of nt fail... There was a version of Virtual PC for a time. I think it never got ported to OS X. The point about the new Macs is that, because they use Intel processors, virtualisation is fairly easy, and there are several solutions. Signaturehttp://www.decohen.com Send e-mail to the Reply-To address; mail to the From address is never read > Franjo ?ili? <franjo.zilic@ri.t-com.hr> wrote: > [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > The point about the new Macs is that, because they use Intel processors, > virtualisation is fairly easy, and there are several solutions. virtual pc i used with powerpc only... new macs use alternative virtualisation, like parallels and fusion.... > >>> Hello, > >>> [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > only that os had to be ported, but every application, driver also had to > be ported... and that made power pc version of nt fail... Mostly what made the PPC version of NT fail was that IBM stopped paying Microsoft to maintain it. Ditto the MIPS build. > > >>> Hello, > > >>> [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > Mostly what made the PPC version of NT fail was that IBM stopped paying > Microsoft to maintain it. Ditto the MIPS build. The same with Alpha, although they hung on longer. And it was worse than just paying Microsoft, the member companies had to provide engineers to to the porting. The member companies had to work with the 3rd parties to get things ported. Microsoft wouldn't even port all of its user apps. Bob Harris |
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