Is there a way to install mac os x on any hardrive?

Question

I have a windwos operating sytem and i was wondering if there was a way to install mac os x on my hardrive?

Answer 1

Why did you ask this Twice? OS X can be put on any HDD you may need to format it and not have any of your other files on it. And even then you will most likely not be able to use OS X on your PC.

Answer 2

Not really. While Apple is using Intel chipsets these days, the motherboards used for Macs are different than the motherboards used in other PCs. The Mac motherboards don't have a BIOS, and they also have a security chip on them that's not found on non-Apple hardware. The OS won't install or boot if it is unable to detect that chip.

While there have been some emulators to allow people to run Mac OS on non-Mac hardware, the bottom line is that they're illegal and get shut down by Apple's lawyers before they make much progress. This means they're buggy and unstable. They also lack hardware support and drivers for non-Mac hardware. If you're a programmer and you have experience writing device drivers for the Mac OS and are willing to write drivers for your hardware then you may be okay. It'll be painful, but after several months of work you may have something that's kind of stable. You won't be able to download updates, of course, because you'll be running an illegal OS, and you'll be in danger of being sued for copyright infringement, but that's a long shot. Otherwise, the word 'nightmare' will be mild to describe the experience.

You may want to look into Darwin, which is an open source version of OS X. It's a bit dated but there are versions that will run on non-Mac hardware. Personally I'd recommend Linux instead. But for the average user, the bottom line is that if you want to run the Mac OS, you have to buy a Mac. On the positive side, the Mac Mini starts at $600.00, which makes it pretty cheap, and it can run Windows or Linux or any other OS you like.

Answer 3

regrettably, Mac OS X calls for a Macintosh computer to run. There are resources for hacked variations of the operating equipment, yet they are unlawful. i have tried, besides the indisputable fact that the computer you're setting up OS X onto calls for an id chip placed through Apple on the motherboard (their qualified motherboards have those on them) to position in onto it, in the different case it will inform you that is not Apple-qualified hardware or produce an blunders on deploy. Even setting up onto an exterior demanding stress from a Mac nonetheless gained't enable it to run, for even as it boots it will examine for this id chip and produce an blunders even as loading.

Answer 4

His answer isn't crap, yours is. Although people have been able to load OS X on standard x86 hardware for awhile now, it doesn't work well at all. Google that. If it worked well, then everyone would be doing it, including those like me that prefer to use Linux instead of Windows when using a PC.

Answer 5

No, OS X only works on Apple hardware.