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ok im pretty sure from what ive read that you cant create a partition on an xp pc and put os x on it ...but i dont know why could some1 explain it. on that note can you have xp on one drive and os x another?

also are osx and linux compatible? if so can i fomat and install linux then have a xp partition and a os x one ?

...im not plannin on actually doin ne o this but only cause i only have a 40gb hdd ...the question has just been botherin me for a while

thnx pplz

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Windows XP is written for processors with x86 architecture.

Apple OSX is written for processors with PowerPC architecture.

They are not compatible, ergo you cannot run Windows XP and OSX natively on the same machine.

This is not taking into account emulators such as PearPC, CherryOS, or VirtualPC.

If you have an Apple computer, you can install Virtual PC onto it, and then install a copy of Windows that runs in the 'vPC' you've created.

If you have an x86 computer (AMD or Intel processor) you can install PearPC, and then install a copy of Apple OSX into that.

Perhaps your best bet is to do some reading on processor architectures.

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Windows XP is written for processors with x86 architecture.

Apple OSX is written for processors with PowerPC architecture.

They are not compatible, ergo you cannot run Windows XP and OSX natively on the same machine.

This is not taking into account emulators such as PearPC, CherryOS, or VirtualPC.

If you have an Apple computer, you can install Virtual PC onto it, and then install a copy of Windows that runs in the 'vPC' you've created.

If you have an x86 computer (AMD or Intel processor) you can install PearPC, and then install a copy of Apple OSX into that.

Perhaps your best bet is to do some reading on processor architectures.

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Or, you could buy a mac :D

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koo thanks jack thats all i wanted to know

n yeh i know this question has been answered before but every post i found ...looked around for about 30 mins b4 i posted (couldnt make very good searches cause of the 4 letter thing) just talked about the emulation alternatives

thnx again

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no i didnt have the answer ...i wanted to know why not how to get around the problem

thats like if i asked cant i breath under water and you answerd you can buy an oxygen tank...

but thnx again ppl

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Didn't it occur to you that the reason that all of those posts talked about emulation options was because they use different hardware? And I'm quite certain that all of the posts I've seen here about it have mentioned the reason WHY you can't just install OS X on an x86 PC.

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PearPC would be what you are after (answer #209423989) but it will run "500 times slower than the host" -- That's a quote from the documentation. Its emulation. Its pretending to be hardware by using software translation. If you want a mac, buy a mac. If you want to emulate, just install your favorite Linux distrobution (or Unix/Darwin Unix) and build from there. There are themes for cursors/windows/etc. to emulate the Mac OS gui. But remember, under the hood its all Unix.

Linux - Your friendly neighborhood penguin.

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PearPC would be what you are after (answer #209423989) but it will run "500 times slower than the host" -- That's a quote from the documentation. Its emulation. Its pretending to be hardware by using software translation. If you want a mac, buy a mac. If you want to emulate, just install your favorite Linux distrobution (or Unix/Darwin Unix) and build from there. There are themes for cursors/windows/etc. to emulate the Mac OS gui. But remember, under the hood its all Unix.

Linux - Your friendly neighborhood penguin.

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its ether 15 or 500 times slower depending on extentions on the cpu of the host

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