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Originally Posted by mazz72
Ok, this may seem like an ignorant question. I'm not very educated on the ways of the Apple.
Right now, I have a computer that I built myself. Asus mobo, Intel cpu....no Apple products whatsoever. I have windows xp installed right now.
If I were to buy a new harddrive....fresh, clean, empty....would I be able to install a Mac OS onto it? Or does the computer itself have to be made with all Apple hardware??
Thanks all, and sorry again if it's a stupid question.  |
Yes you can with some restrictions. First, the only Mac OS that will install on a regular PC is a hacked version of OS X Tiger (OSx86), which can be had for free via bittorrent. OS X for Intel was hacked long before apple released their first retail Intel machines. But it's essentially pirated software and illegal to download and install. The second obstacle is picking the right motherboard/graphics controller/processor combination. If you want to know more,
http://wiki.osx86project.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page