Xero Posted July 7, 2002 Share Posted July 7, 2002 Yo my pc was designed for Windows 98, and I got XP on it now and I have a new HDD that works on Windows and Mac, I was wondering if I could install OSX on my HDD thats in my PC now, Does it matter that it has like Intel **** in it? I don't know Please help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prasanth Posted July 7, 2002 Share Posted July 7, 2002 its just not possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xero Posted July 7, 2002 Author Share Posted July 7, 2002 noo way man!!!!, i heard someone did it, someone else please ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keldyn Posted July 7, 2002 Share Posted July 7, 2002 Short answer: No. Moved to Macintosh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unspec Posted July 7, 2002 Share Posted July 7, 2002 No. We're not kidding, it's just not possible. -- unspec Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicane-UK Veteran Posted July 7, 2002 Veteran Share Posted July 7, 2002 Yep - as everyone else said impossible. Regardless of the type of harddrive you have, its all that 'Intel s****' in it that stops it from working - you would need 'G4 s****' in your PC to get OSX to install.. in short, you need a Mac :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xero Posted July 7, 2002 Author Share Posted July 7, 2002 i have a mac in fact i have 6 laptops, its just that i wondered if i could install it on my pc, could i install xp on my mac then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keldyn Posted July 7, 2002 Share Posted July 7, 2002 Oh for the love of god. No! Entirely different architecture.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xero Posted July 7, 2002 Author Share Posted July 7, 2002 you know what screw you man, you can do it ona mac you need virtual pc, i know a guy who did, and i know many people that have you have to make an virtual pc image with the xp image.. anyone else besides rude boy here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unspec Posted July 7, 2002 Share Posted July 7, 2002 OK now that is easy. :) http://www.connectix.com/products/vpc5m.html Enjoy. -- unspec Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vassie Posted July 7, 2002 Share Posted July 7, 2002 What's this guys problem? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xero Posted July 7, 2002 Author Share Posted July 7, 2002 see man yer wrong muahahahaha i feel powerful now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keldyn Posted July 7, 2002 Share Posted July 7, 2002 Originally posted by Xero see man yer wrong muahahahaha i feel powerful now If you knew it could be done via a virtual image, as opposed to a native install, why the heck did you ask if it was possible?:rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xero Posted July 7, 2002 Author Share Posted July 7, 2002 well i wanted to double check Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazzla Veteran Posted July 7, 2002 Veteran Share Posted July 7, 2002 Originally posted by Xero noo way man!!!!, i heard someone did it, someone else please ;) I'm sure you did. You else did it then? As you've already guessed from the replies it's not possible. You simply cannot install OS X on anything other then a PPC based PC. And installing Windows XP on Virtual PC isn't the same as installing Windows XP on a mac. Virtual PC emulates an Intel PC and as such the performance is nowhere near a normal PC. Don't attempt runing Virtual PC on a mac with less then 500mb and a G4 processor. You're not going to install XP on a Mac the way you think you can. You seem to be a very confused little boy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Binary Posted July 7, 2002 Share Posted July 7, 2002 Sure you can't install OS X on a PC, but you can do the next best thing and install rhapsody ;) even though it's an unfinished pos..... but it's interesting to see MacOS running on intel hardware, so it IS possible to port OS X to a PC, apple's just too dependant on hardware sales to do such a thing :( Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cerbero Posted July 8, 2002 Share Posted July 8, 2002 Originally posted by Binary Sure you can't install OS X on a PC, but you can do the next best thing and install rhapsody ;) even though it's an unfinished pos..... but it's interesting to see MacOS running on intel hardware, so it IS possible to port OS X to a PC, apple's just too dependant on hardware sales to do such a thing :( Chris But... Doesn't rhapsody just emulate the old 68k mac processors? PPC is an entirely different architecture from those old ones too, and noone's been able to emulate the PPC CPU's since they were released like 5 or 6 years ago (might be even longer, so correct me if I'm wrong here). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeathLace Posted July 8, 2002 Share Posted July 8, 2002 LOL I just wanted to say this is very funny because like out of 17 replies, 10 of them have called him either an idiot or a little boy, LOL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thingsforjason Posted July 8, 2002 Share Posted July 8, 2002 somebody asks this question once every couple of weeks...:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insanekiwi Posted July 8, 2002 Share Posted July 8, 2002 http://maccentral.macworld.com/features/rr...rr_041998.shtml "Mac OS applications won't run on Rhapsody/Yellow Box for Intel and/or Windows" of course u can install plasticOSX on a pc, just hit your pc with a hammer until it does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groovedude Posted July 8, 2002 Share Posted July 8, 2002 Wish u could i would love to run X ... but i dont wana have to buy a mac :( hehe u enevr know soon mayb some1 might acomplish how to do this ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravager Posted July 8, 2002 Share Posted July 8, 2002 Originally posted by Xero you know what screw you man, you can do it ona mac you need virtual pc, i know a guy who did, and i know many people that have you have to make an virtual pc image with the xp image.. anyone else besides rude boy here You know what. You sound like one of those 12 year old kids. The guy who you told to "screw off" is a moderator. :) Keep this up, and u'll get banned faster than you can say "I'm a fool". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Posted July 8, 2002 Share Posted July 8, 2002 Originally posted by Xero Yo my pc was designed for Windows 98, and I got XP on it now and I have a new HDD that works on Windows and Mac, I was wondering if I could install OSX on my HDD thats in my PC now, Does it matter that it has like Intel **** in it? I don't know Please help. This is a genuine NOO-B ;) can't beat them, gotta love them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest deadzombie Posted July 8, 2002 Share Posted July 8, 2002 Hmmm...so has everyone figured out a Mac can run WindowsXP using Virtual PC, that OSX CANNOT run on an x86 (Wintel) machine, some emulators can run olders Mac OS's on x86, and LINUX CAN RUN ON FREAKING ANYTHING! So that about answers everything except for Darwin questions... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Posted July 8, 2002 Share Posted July 8, 2002 Originally posted by deadzombie Hmmm...so has everyone figured out a Mac can run WindowsXP using Virtual PC, that OSX CANNOT run on an x86 (Wintel) machine, some emulators can run olders Mac OS's on x86, and LINUX CAN RUN ON FREAKING ANYTHING! So that about answers everything except for Darwin questions... dude i think you got it backwards you can run windows xp on a mac using virtual pc. i don't the way you're describing. if i'm wrong, prove it. :D Virtual PC for windows will let you run multiple Windows OS's in a Single Environment or linux, or OS/2 or Netware, from your Windows Desktop. Virtual PC for mac will let you run any version of Windows On Mac, DOS or linux From your Mac Desktop you cannot run any MAC OS on Windows, there is no emulator to do so. http://www.connectix.com read for yourself if i'm still wrong, prove it. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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