Can you get rid of pc OS and replace it with mac os?

Question

I bought a new GAteway notebook w/vista prem. and sick of fightinging with vista to upload pictures to kodak gallery.The vista os always fights every thing that not owned by Mr. Gates.I wish I had bought a mac.I want to wipe out this whole system and install mac os.Number one can this be done fairly easily?Also are still going to find problems relating to the computer past? Or should I just go buy a mac and sell this one because it will never be the same. System Gateway MT3705 Notebook , intel dual core Pentium T2060 1mb L2 cache, 160GHz, 533MHz fsb, Memory 1024MB ddr2, ATI Radeon xpress 200M graphics w/ 256MB hyperMemory

Answer 1

Mac OS can only be installed on Apple hardware. While modern Apple hardware is Intel-based, the motherboards are different from non-Apple motherboards. Apple motherboards don't have a BIOS, and they do have a security chip. Mac OS won't install or boot if it doesn't find the security chip.

There have been attempts to create emulators that will allow you to run Mac OS on non-Mac hardware. Since they are illegal, Apple's lawyers shut them down so they're all very primitive. They lack support and drivers for non-Apple hardware. If you have experience writing device drivers for Mac OS and are willing to write drivers for all of your own hardware, you may be able to get it up and running. Of course, your install will be illegal so you won't be able to download patches, and you're leaving yourself open to a lawsuit.

The bottom line for most people is that if you want to run Mac OS, you have to buy a Mac.

Answer 2

Your best bet would be to get rid of Vista and install Windows XP.

The reason you are having so many problems is because Vista is only around 6 months old.

You have to understand that there are going to be billions of people using this OS eventually, each with different hardware and software configurations. That means that there are easily a trillion different software and hardware configurations that are possible on a computer system.

There is absolutely no way that the mere thousands of people working for Microsoft can test and be sure that every single piece of hardware and software is going to work.

So they release the operating system to the public to work out the bugs in it. Think of it as a wide-scale Beta Test.

That is why Vista sucks right now, because most of the bugs have yet to be ironed out.

Remember when XP first came out, everyone hated it. It's the same thing with Vista.

Get a copy of XP and install it. Most software runs pretty well with XP these days, and you can get a hold of it rather cheap.

Answer 3

Wow

No, you cant put mac on your puter. You can put ubuntu, suse, redhat, etc. But if you have to ask those questions, I think you'd be better served by getting a copy of XP. Vista will mature, and more and moreof the hardware mfgrs will catch up with their drivers. The infrastructure of vista holds remarkable possibilities, but I agree that my experience so far has been a little less than stellar. However it was usually my drivers fault, or my taking shortcuts that caused the issue, not Vista.

As far as defending Mr gates, you need to realize that about 80% of tech calls are because of bad software that people put on their systems. Just because you can get it from the internet does not mean its a good thing to do. Despite what people think more is NOT better. If youve put AOell bearhare, webshots, hotbar free screensavers, dont blame vista. Bad software interacts with other (good) software turning it bad as well. Bad software is bad software, no matter who makes it.

NO windows does NOT force you to buy their software. If you want to complain about monopoly, think APPLE. Theyre the ones requiring huge "partnership" fees for both hardware AND software. Just go to any store, there are 20-30 times the number of titles for PC ompared to Mac. That monopoly also extends to the consumer as well. When was the last time you saw a mac on sale? In their defence, because they control everything so tightly, their Quality control is EXCELLENT. Their fabrication superb and their design elegent.

As far as software, Just because something got a good review somewhere does not mean its a good product. Companies PAY for reviews. Also consider the fact tht You bought a gateway, which is decidely a third tier product. Remember my tirade about apple? The brand name means MORE than specs. A good company (like apple, alien, xps, dell, hp, toshiba, etc) spends money for R&D, engineering, TRAINED tech support., quality inspectors, and buys better speced parts than second or third tier manufacturers.

Yes, macs are great, but youre issue is more about your other software and your hardware than it is about your OS.

Answer 4

As others are saying you cannot do that, sorry.

Why not just downgrade to XP, which does not have the bugs of XP, many people think that Mac X is better and there are no viruses.... yet, but the interface is very different. However Windows did steal many of the Mac's features for the apparent "new" Vista.

Answer 5

Well...I think step one would to be to SELL the gateway and BUY a Macbook...After that step you should have no problem installing OS X...Otherwise I'm pretty sure your out of luck (At least I'm not aware of a non-MAC running the mac os...)

Answer 6

everything that everybody said is bullshit, OS X runs sweet on heaps of PC's, more stable than vista, faster to load, etc.

I have my PC dual booting OS X and Vista.

But like any OS, Windows, Linux, whatever, it still has it's moments. OS X doesn't have anywhere near the amount of software available to it as Windows does.

Answer 7

Sell it and buy a mac. It would be extremely difficult, if not impossible, to install MacOS on a PC, as most of Apple's hardware, software, and drivers are proprietary. There would be all sorts of incompatibilities.

Answer 8

MAC OS only works on MACs. You can not install it on a PC.

Answer 9

unfortunately, that is impossible. but you have an option. get LINUX. it is great. maybe you need a little bit of more knowledge, but it's not impossible. LINUX is better thatn windows and mac os. I love it. and it's very cheap.