is it possible?

[Arcilles]

What type of CPU and Motherboard is needed to run a Mac operating system. I heard it only works on Intel CPUs. Is that true. Others have told me you need Mac's motherboard, it won't work on any other motherboards.

thanks.

 

[hmammen]

you can run tiger os or mac osx on any computer, all you need is a formatted hard drive. it has nothing to do with CPU or mobos.

 

[Arcilles]

does the formatted drive have to be NTSF?

 

[Disillusion]

you can run tiger os or mac osx on any computer, all you need is a formatted hard drive. it has nothing to do with CPU or mobos.

I do believe that your CPU needs at least SSE2 instructions. Other than that, it should work just fine. Motherboard doesn't matter.

Arcilles, Mac OS X uses the HFS+ filesystem, not NTFS. I just installed OS X86 10.4.6 on my Dell 9300 laptop today and everything is working.

If you want a tutorial on how to do it, I can PM you the link.

Technically, even if you purchase a legal copy of OS X, it's still illegal to install it on a PC, so I won't post the link here.

 

[Trotter]

Thank you, OpticalIllusion, for restraining yourself.

Yes, it is possible to do it, but not legally. hence, this thread has been closed.