blade1269 Posted March 27, 2004 Share Posted March 27, 2004 First, this is my first post! :) Now to the real business. i have a AMD 2200+ 512 ram (cosair) 100 gig HD (WD) and am wondering if Mac OS X will run on a not apple PC. thanks 4 the help blade Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Si Veteran Posted March 27, 2004 Veteran Share Posted March 27, 2004 :pinch: No, it won't. You can get the underlying BSD, Darwin, but that is all. PS Welcome :fun: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NetRyder Posted March 27, 2004 Share Posted March 27, 2004 Hi Blade :) OS X cannot run on the x86 platform. Emulators like SheepShaver can run upto OS 8.6 on a PC, but that's as far as you can get. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Posted March 27, 2004 Share Posted March 27, 2004 Welcome to neowin :) as far as I know you cant... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blade1269 Posted March 27, 2004 Author Share Posted March 27, 2004 Thanks blade :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obs0lete Posted March 27, 2004 Share Posted March 27, 2004 I wish it was possible to run OSX on an x86 but it seems like it's just a dream. Who knows, maybe one day it will be a reality though. Welcome to the club ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groovedude Posted March 27, 2004 Share Posted March 27, 2004 lol oh how i wait for the day where i can fiddle with os x on a pc... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordHatrus Posted March 27, 2004 Share Posted March 27, 2004 there's always Apple's open-source OS project, which DOES have an x86 architecture... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bakerster Posted March 27, 2004 Share Posted March 27, 2004 OS[X] Will probibly never be x86 capable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrA Posted March 27, 2004 Share Posted March 27, 2004 You can run older MacOS's (pre X) using SimICS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary_Player Posted March 27, 2004 Share Posted March 27, 2004 intel said it was possible but its not likely to happen within the foreseeable future Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john smith 1924 Veteran Posted March 27, 2004 Veteran Share Posted March 27, 2004 Yeah -they have developed a x86 version of os X - im certain of it. Looking back @ the archive : https://www.neowin.net/comments.php?id=6887...main&highlight= - thats from 2002! Back to the point- i think they can, but unfortunatly we cant. It would ruin apples business model, in that they wouldnt be able to sell expensive hardware if people could just go buy an intel / standard pc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southern Patriot Posted March 27, 2004 Share Posted March 27, 2004 Yeah -they have developed a x86 version of os X - im certain of it. Looking back @ the archive : https://www.neowin.net/comments.php?id=6887...main&highlight= - thats from 2002! Back to the point- i think they can, but unfortunatly we cant. It would ruin apples business model, in that they wouldnt be able to sell expensive hardware if people could just go buy an intel / standard pc. Did you even READ the link that you posted? Nowhere there does it say that Apple had developed an x86 version of OS X. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaron901 Posted March 27, 2004 Share Posted March 27, 2004 First, this is my first post! :) Now to the real business. i have a AMD 2200+ 512 ram (cosair) 100 gig HD (WD) and am wondering if Mac OS X will run on a not apple PC. thanks 4 the help blade not possible. period. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stokkolm Posted March 27, 2004 Share Posted March 27, 2004 Did you even READ the link that you posted? Nowhere there does it say that Apple had developed an x86 version of OS X. If they were going to be forced to switch to x86 don't you think that they would have the OS somewhat built? Since that's not official from Apple you could say no I guess, but I think they do have a version to at least play with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southern Patriot Posted March 27, 2004 Share Posted March 27, 2004 You can run older MacOS's (pre X) using SimICS. I see where SimICS can emulate the PowerPC platform, but I don't see anywhere that it says it can run MacOS. Care to offer some evidence of that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Japlabot Posted March 27, 2004 Share Posted March 27, 2004 hmmm we've always said it's been impossible before, because x86 doesn't have some instruction that RISC does or something, but now that there is AMD64, would it now be possible? It's a possibility that it is. :yes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDreamX Posted March 27, 2004 Share Posted March 27, 2004 This idea has been debated plenty of times. It would be really easy for Apple to port OS X to x86, but that would kill Apple. They make the hardware and the software. If they made the operating system for Wintel machines, they would no longer sell hardware (or atleast not a lot). So drop it already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southern Patriot Posted March 27, 2004 Share Posted March 27, 2004 If they were going to be forced to switch to x86 don't you think that they would have the OS somewhat built? Since that's not official from Apple you could say no I guess, but I think they do have a version to at least play with. The entire article was simply speculation from some researcher long before the G5 was announced. Even the Inq doubted it had any merit!! I'm not saying that Apple doesn't have a version of OS X running on x86 hardware (they probably do, just as Microsoft probably has a version of Windows that would run on a Mac), but I don't think it will see the light of day anytime in the forseeable future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaron901 Posted March 27, 2004 Share Posted March 27, 2004 If they were going to be forced to switch to x86 don't you think that they would have the OS somewhat built? Since that's not official from Apple you could say no I guess, but I think they do have a version to at least play with. lol and why would that happen? and do you think there's a copy of Windows that runs on Mac hardware, just in case? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stokkolm Posted March 27, 2004 Share Posted March 27, 2004 The entire article was simply speculation from some researcher long before the G5 was announced. Even the Inq doubted it had any merit!! I'm not saying that Apple doesn't have a version of OS X running on x86 hardware (they probably do, just as Microsoft probably has a version of Windows that would run on a Mac), but I don't think it will see the light of day anytime in the forseeable future. I agree Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bakerster Posted March 27, 2004 Share Posted March 27, 2004 roadwarrior Your probibly 100% right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amarok Posted March 27, 2004 Share Posted March 27, 2004 there's always Apple's open-source OS project, which DOES have an x86 architecture... What/where is that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nuka_t Posted March 27, 2004 Share Posted March 27, 2004 lol and why would that happen? and do you think there's a copy of Windows that runs on Mac hardware, just in case? there is. its called virtual pc and windows xp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rvbfan Posted March 27, 2004 Share Posted March 27, 2004 :rolleyes: What a load of kayrap! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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