MacOS X and Win XP on a PC ?

[LeftEyeNine]

If you ever twiddle related to graphics designing, you start hearing MacOS X even more frequently.

So this halfling boss () has been curious if it is possible to use MacOS X and Windows XP at the same time on a PC ? I hear something about OSx86 thing -what's the deal with it? What are the things I'll have to sacrifice, meanly the things I should be careful about while attempting it, if it is possible of course.

Can some friend please tell me the details as if it is being told to an ultimate idiot ?

[Lemur]

Hackers have gotten OS X working on a PC, and I'll go look for the link for ya. It wasn't particularly easy, as I recall, but it could be done. Much easier to get Windows XP working on an Intel Mac using Boot Camp. Okay, I'm going to check for that link ...

Um, I found some links, but it just occurred to the Lemur -- getting OS X to boot on an AMD or any other non-Apple hardware is, well, hacking. As in, a forbidden topic. So I can't post nuthin', very sorry.

The easiest way to get into a dual-boot situation is to go ahead and buy an Intel Mac for your next computer. The towers are supposed to be very good deals, all things considered.

[LeftEyeNine]

Um, thanks anyway, Lemur. My regards for your sensitivity towards our piracy policy -I wasn't aware that it was illegal stuff.

[Lemur]

Well, there's illegal and there's illegal, you know? And in the U.S.A., I'm pretty sure adjusting the clock on your VCR is illegal under the DMCA, as is breathing. But hacking an OS to work on unintended hardware falls into the copyright violation realm, and I'm fairly sure we're not supposed to go on about that sort of thing at the Org.

Besides which, the restriction is probably saving you a world of hurt. My understanding is that getting OS X up and running on, say, an AMD64 platform is a serious bit of work, involving hand-tweaking of BSD files. Not the average Joe's idea of a good time. Since there's already a legitimate, tested, supported way to get the dual-boot loving ...

[_Martyr_]

What you are looking for is Parallels. (http://www.parallels.com/)

[Lemur]

I don't think that's right, Martyr. Parallels allows Intel Mac users to run a virtual Windows environment, and it's not supposed to be suitable for gaming. LEN was asking about getting a Mac OS X environment running on a PC, which is a different kettle of fish.

[Fragony]

If you ever twiddle related to graphics designing, you start hearing MacOS X even more frequently.
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For graphic design, only get a mac if it is for 2d images, mac's can do that at blinding speeds, for 3d, a pc is much better.

[LeftEyeNine]

I'm a 2d designer, Fragony. Do you have expertise on that area, Fragonizing Dutchman ?

[Fragony]

I'm a 2d designer, Fragony. Do you have expertise on that area, Fragonizing Dutchman ?

Tried a bit of photoshopping, cici n'est pas un artist

Apple handles the filters fantastically, it doesn't even seem to think, bang it's there. I know almost all the 2d designers here use apple, it could have to do with the more appealing look of the apple, it are designers after all.

[screwtype]

So this halfling boss () has been curious if it is possible to use MacOS X and Windows XP at the same time on a PC ?

If Steve Jobs had any sense, he would have done this years ago. But apparently he thinks it's really cool to be limited by proprietary hardware to to 5% of the market.

[Banquo's Ghost]

If Steve Jobs had any sense, he would have done this years ago. But apparently he thinks it's really cool to be limited by proprietary hardware to to 5% of the market.

Actually, he thinks that Apple is a hardware company and that being ubiquitous brings its own sets of problems.

[Lemur]

Actually, he thinks that Apple is a hardware company and that being ubiquitous brings its own sets of problems.

You're neither the first nor the latest person to suggest that Apple should get out of the hardware business. Unfortunately, they don't listen. Idjits.

[Lemur]

A bit of an update on this front. One engineer is claiming that he has found a legal way to engineer OS X to run on AMD hardware. Linky.

[caravel]

You're neither the first nor the latest person to suggest that Apple should get out of the hardware business. Unfortunately, they don't listen. Idjits.

Well considering OSX is basically a BSD UNIX, they're hardly in the software business now either.