ReMad Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 Hi All can I buy the MAC OS licensed and install on VMWARE ? would that be acceptable ? will they accept applications like Iphone ones ? thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoom7000 Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 AFAIK, there is no EASY way to install Mac OS X on VMware. You have to make a LOT of manual config changes and even then I couldn't get it to work. However, you can download ready VM images, although these are probably not so legitimate. Even then, I couldn't get it working well. So now, I'm doing it the reverse method using a MacBook Pro and running VMware Fusion on it! :p (This is posted from my XP Virtual Machine on Fusion!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Observer Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 Or you could learn to install OSX on PC, that is about the only way to get a work MAC on your PC. i have Snow Leopard working great on my PC. But it took me a good weekend to learn and work out the problems. But agter all is done, i have a Great working MAC Machine, and i have a sep Hard Drive with Windows7 install for gaming. If you want MAC OS but cant afford the Price, then install onto PC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xerxes Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 No it isn't acceptable as it violates the license agreement (plus as mentioned before, it's a pain in the arse to get going). You can run OSX Server in a VM legally I believe, but only if the host is OSX if I remember correctly. If you want to play with/develop in the OSX environment your better off buying a Mac, I did! :p (bought the cheapest one I could find and it's great!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMad Posted January 2, 2010 Author Share Posted January 2, 2010 No it isn't acceptable as it violates the license agreement (plus as mentioned before, it's a pain in the arse to get going). You can run OSX Server in a VM legally I believe, but only if the host is OSX if I remember correctly. If you want to play with/develop in the OSX environment your better off buying a Mac, I did! :p (bought the cheapest one I could find and it's great!) seems I have to Thanks everyone :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XCalvin Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 I Now a way to run it in vmware if you want a guide pm me your email address but it is illegal unless you have a server version Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neufuse Veteran Posted January 2, 2010 Veteran Share Posted January 2, 2010 I guess a good question is in OSX on Mac hardware, why can't you run virtual OSX machines on that? It's still on apple hardware! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thejohnnyq Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 It is not easy, but it there are images and instructions out there on how to do it. From an academic standpoint, it is fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madoshi Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 (edited) running the Mac OS in VMware is basically the same thing as running it on real PC hardware. except, its often harder to make it run in VMware's virtualized "PC" than it is on a real machine. when Mac OS X first got hacked up for PC compatibility, somebody released a preinstalled VMware imagewith 10.4.1 on it, aka <snipped>. you might try looking for that if you don't mind breaking the law and also don't mind being stuck with an outdated "Mac" Edited January 3, 2010 by Colin-uk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
protocol7 Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 For iPhone development it might work, but the OS X GUI is heavily GPU-accelerated. Unless there's a decent driver for the VMWare-emulated graphics card, I don't think it would perform all that well. You could probably forget CoreImage for a start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliott Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 I guess a good question is in OSX on Mac hardware, why can't you run virtual OSX machines on that? It's still on apple hardware! You can emulate OS X Server on Apple hardware (great for creating test environments), but for some reason VMware and Parallels aren't allowed to emulation OS X Client. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoneAvail Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 Like other said, you'd be better of installing it on a pc, I've done it before with Tiger on my desktop and it runs great but getting the accelerated graphics, sound and etc working is a pain in the neck, also with the kext files and all that... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrChainsaw Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 I managed to get it working on vmware, its not worth it, very heavy lag. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XCalvin Posted January 3, 2010 Share Posted January 3, 2010 Actually I Will Be Posting A Guide on how to install it on Vmware without any lag even on 512mb ram it should be up tomorrow on neowin and it is worth it without any lag at all even with the dock magnification Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madoshi Posted January 3, 2010 Share Posted January 3, 2010 You can emulate OS X Server on Apple hardware (great for creating test environments), but for some reason VMware and Parallels aren't allowed to emulation OS X Client. legally i guess would be the "non-Apple hardware" thing (VMware runs a Phoenix PC BIOS last i check) in reality its just to get you to buy a Mac if you are a PC user, or to get you to buy a second Mac otherwise Actually I Will Be Posting A Guide on how to install it on Vmware without any lag even on 512mb ram it should be up tomorrow on neowinand it is worth it without any lag at all even with the dock magnification i would love to see a detailed thread on how to install the Mac OS on VMware and have it run smoothly on a host with 512MB of physical memory somehow i think i will be disappointed :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudy Posted January 3, 2010 Share Posted January 3, 2010 VMWare Fusion can run OSX Server (but you already need to run OSX :p) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0nyX Posted January 3, 2010 Share Posted January 3, 2010 Go for a native and much faster/easier installation.Use bootcamp to dual boot OSX and Windows on a pc. I would not want to imagine you trying to develop iphone apps on OSX runnin on vmware.It would take ages just to open finder.Imagine developing iphone apps. PS.Yes bootcamp can be used on a pc (for some time now actually) in order to have a proper Win-OSX dual boot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XCalvin Posted January 3, 2010 Share Posted January 3, 2010 the guide im doing for this will be up in a while ill post a link when im finished Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Neo Posted January 3, 2010 Share Posted January 3, 2010 legally i guess would be the "non-Apple hardware" thing (VMware runs a Phoenix PC BIOS last i check) That doesn't explain why we can run Mac OS X Server but we can't run the regular version in VMware Fusion on a Mac. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian M. Veteran Posted January 3, 2010 Veteran Share Posted January 3, 2010 OS X Server virtualisation was allowed as a stop gap (i.e. for virtualised servers). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madoshi Posted January 3, 2010 Share Posted January 3, 2010 the guide im doing for this will be up in a while ill post a link when im finished sure :rolleyes: That doesn't explain why we can run Mac OS X Server but we can't run the regular version in VMware Fusion on a Mac. Apple made an exception in Leopard Server's Software License Agreement, but not in that of Leopard Client, to allow it to run on VMware, though it still needs to be on a real physical Mac. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Neo Posted January 3, 2010 Share Posted January 3, 2010 Apple made an exception in Leopard Server's Software License Agreement, but not in that of Leopard Client, to allow it to run on VMware, though it still needs to be on a real physical Mac. Would be nice if they'd did the same for the Client version. I wouldn't mind having a virtual testing ground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XCalvin Posted January 3, 2010 Share Posted January 3, 2010 Here is the guide https://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=861846 i am posting this from VMWare :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madoshi Posted January 3, 2010 Share Posted January 3, 2010 i'll try it before mods remove links that could otherwise land Neowin in deep **** EDIT: i call bull****, you got more than 512MB on the host! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XCalvin Posted January 3, 2010 Share Posted January 3, 2010 I edited the ram after i installed to 512mb i can prove it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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