If I make my own computer completely with my own parts, can I put Mac on it instead of windows?
2007-02-14 09:24:40 · 5 answers · asked by ferrariman610 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
Yes, you can. Not legally, as mentioned by another poster. I have to warn you, tho, it will take long hours, willingness to try things out, not sleep for 40 straight hours (if you have complex unusual system), some knowledge of VMWare, and knowing your way around the underbelly of *nix system at points. Another drawback is, updates are going to be extremely painful for you. Not to mention that you would go slow, instead of using the full capacity of your computer.
Well, there IS an easier alternative. Be a member of the apple developer connection, and get the developer's version of OS X (usually they give you one before they launch the OS so you get a chance to build apps for the new OS when they actually launch it. Keep in mind that the dev's version usually is the beta/test version, so it might be buggy and whatnots. However, they do not check for EFI on these, and of course, there's no EULA preventing you from installing it on your assembled box.
2007-02-16 00:32:42 · answer #1 · answered by babyLemon 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Not legally. The Mac OS X EULA (End User License Agreement) disallows installing Mac OS X on non-Apple hardware.
However, there is the osx86 project.
2007-02-14 09:36:13 · answer #2 · answered by osxrulz 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No, Mac OSX uses a special platform only availible on Apple built machines. You may be able to emulate it on a PC but i do no reccommend it.
2007-02-14 09:28:32 · answer #3 · answered by creed4545 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
search google for osx86 project. your questions will be answered there.
2016-05-23 23:27:23 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Legally, no.
2007-02-22 01:49:52 · answer #5 · answered by Aaron F. 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋