Can I install Mac Os on a pc?

@ilovemit (279)
China
January 4, 2009 10:47am CST
I heard that some people tried to install mac os on their pcs. Is it leagle? If I just want to know something about this os but don't want to buy a mac,can I try to install mac os on my computer?
3 responses
• United States
10 Mar 09
There are tutorials out there if you look hard enough on how to do it. It is illegal, but at least get your self a legal copy of Mac OS X. I wouldn't recommend pirating it... to do something illegal. If you know what I mean. So just search on the web. "Hackintosh" is the name.
• Australia
22 Jan 09
No, you can't. The BIOS won't support it, the addresses are different...Apple makes sure that you cannot do it, at least, not easily: the OS and the hardware are a package deal. Apart from the fact that it won't install at all without a great deal of hardware and other technical know-how, it is illegal. There are a couple of manufacturers who have tried to market computers with A MacOS installed: Apple sues them and the law is clear: if Apple hasn't licensed it, it cannot be done (although the only current case seems to be headed for some sort of deal). The other way to go, which IS legal and since Apple moved to the Intel chipset, is to buy a mac and set it up to dual boot Windows.
• China
20 Jan 09
of course you can. However, the best way to try a Mac is using a Mac. You may have a try in the Apple Retail Store. The first Apple Retail Store in China opened in Beijing last year just before the Olympics. It's the Sanlitun Village. It's very cool there.